וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֜ם

   va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM

   and he said Jeroboam
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֜ם לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ ק֤וּמִי נָא֙ וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית וְלֹ֣א יֵֽדְע֔וּ כִּי־אתי אַ֖תְּ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם

   va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM

   and he said Jeroboam to his wife arise please and disguise yourself and not they will know that you you wife of Jeroboam
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֜ם לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ ק֤וּמִי נָא֙ וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית וְלֹ֣א יֵֽדְע֔וּ כִּי־אתי אַ֖תְּ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ שִׁלֹ֗ה הִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

   va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE

   and he said Jeroboam to his wife arise please and disguise yourself and not they will know that you you wife of Jeroboam and go to Shiloh behold, there Ahijah the prophet he spoke concerning me or about me to be king over the people this

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyō’mer} ‘and he said,’ marking the introduction of direct speech.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-r🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to speak”

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