1 Chronicles 21:11:41 Chr.21.11.W4TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER LO
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ka-BEL-LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-BO GAD el-da-VID va-yo-MER LO ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ka-BEL-LAKH
Exegesis
A second wayyiqtol wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct speech, and lo {לוֹ | lô} ‘to him’ marks David as the recipient.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:11
Then Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Choose for yourself.’”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (vayomer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.11.W4.S1) and character.