1 Kings 13:18:11 Kgs.13.18.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 LO
- clause
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim ki-KHESH LO
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the consecutive imperfect wāyyōmer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} introducing direct speech to lo {ל֗וֹ | lō}.
In context — 1 Kings 13:18
And he said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD , saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:18, 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.13.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.18.W1.S1) and character.