1 Kings 13:14:91 Kgs.13.14.W9TAB

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

he said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
he said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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 e-LAV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-a-TA ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ba-TA mi-ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer A-ni

  4. sentence

    va-YEH-lekh a-kha-REE ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yim-tsa-E-hu yo-SHEV TA-khat ha-e-LA va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-a-TA ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ba-TA mi-ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer A-ni

Exegesis

The narrative advances through vav-consecutive forms, such as vayyelek {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēlēḵ} ‘and he went’, vayimtsaehu {וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ | wayyimṣāʾēhû} ‘and he found him’, and vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, to build sequential action.

In context1 Kings 13:14

And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under the oak tree . He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 13:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 13:14, 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 Kgs.13.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.14.W9.S1) and character.