1 Kings 13:26:61 Kgs.13.26.W6TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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
- clause
va-yish-MA ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO min-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM HU a-SHER ma-RA et-PI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO min-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM HU a-SHER ma-RA et-PI ye-ho-VAH va-yit-te-NE-hu ye-ho-VAH la-ar-YE va-yish-be-RE-HU va-ye-mi-TE-HU kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER-LO
Exegesis
Direct speech is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’.
In context — 1 Kings 13:26
When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who rebelled against the mouth of the LORD . So the LORD gave him over to the lion, and the lion mauled him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:26, 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.13.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.26.W6.S1) and character.