1 Chronicles 22:7:11 Chr.22.7.W1TAB

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

Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + 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 da-VID

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER da-VID li-she-lo-MO

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER da-VID li-she-lo-MO ve-NO be-NI a-NI ha-YA im-le-va-VI li-veh-NOT BA-yit le-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive on vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wāy-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing David’s speech.

In context1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon his son, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God .”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 22:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 22:7, 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.22.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.7.W1.S1) and character.