1 Chronicles 21:15:111 Chr.21.15.W11TAB

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

vayomer

and he said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and he said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI

Exegesis

The imperfect Nifal wayyinnāḥem {וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם | wayyinnāḥem} ‘and he relented’ signals divine compassion, giving way to direct speech marked by wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said.’

Root and etymology

consonantsAleph–Mem–Resh

to say

In context1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as he was destroying, the LORD saw and relented concerning the calamity , and He said to the destroyer, “Enough ! Now hold back your hand.” Then the angel of the LORD stood at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 21:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 21:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.21.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.15.W11.S1) and character.