1 Chronicles 22:2:11 Chr.22.2.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer da-VID
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM lakh-TSOV av-NEI ga-ZIT liv-NOT BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect marking sequential narrative.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:2
And David commanded that all the foreigners in the land of Israel be gathered, and he appointed stonecutters to cut hewn stones for building the house of God .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.22.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.2.W1.S1) and character.