1 Kings 13:2:51 Kgs.13.2.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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
- clause
va-yik-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER miz-BE-akh miz-BE-akh KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER miz-BE-akh miz-BE-akh KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-BEN no-LAD le-VET-da-VID yo-shi-YA-hu she-MO ve-za-VAKH a-LE-kha et-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha ve-ats-MOT a-DAM yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
Exegesis
The prophetic formula kōh āmar YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה | kōh ā-mar Yə-hō-wā} introduces the divine utterance.
In context — 1 Kings 13:2
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD , and said, “Altar, altar, thus says the LORD: A son will be born to the house of David—Josiah by name—and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.13.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.2.W5.S1) and character.