1 Chronicles 21:23:11 Chr.21.23.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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 or-NAN el-da-VID
- clause
va-YO-mer or-NAN el-da-VID kakh-LAKH ve-ya-AS a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ha-TOV be-ei-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer or-NAN el-da-VID kakh-LAKH ve-ya-AS a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ha-TOV be-ei-NAV re-E na-TAT-ti ha-ba-KAR la-o-LOT ve-ha-mo-rig-GIM la-e-TSIM ve-ha-khit-TIM la-min-KHA ha-KOL na-TAT-ti
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive qal imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyoʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech by Ornan {אָרְנָן | ʾornān} to David {דָּוִיד | dāwiḏ}.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:23
And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I have given the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 21:23, 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.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.23.W1.S1) and character.