1 Kings 13:8:11 Kgs.13.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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 ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed waw-consecutive and the imperfect verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·ʼmer} ‘and he said’, signaling reported speech.
In context — 1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.8.W1.S1) and character.