וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־ק֤וֹל רַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּאָ֣ה בַפֶּ֔תַח וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֹּ֖אִי אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם

   va-ye-HI khish-MO-a a-khi-YA-hu et-KOL rag-le-HA ba-A ba-PE-takh va-yo-MER BO-i E-shet ya-rav-AM

   and it happened when {he} heard Ahijah {the} sound of her feet {as} she came in the doorway or at the entrance and he said come {feminine singular} wife of Jeroboam
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־ק֤וֹל רַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּאָ֣ה בַפֶּ֔תַח וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֹּ֖אִי אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה אַ֚תְּ מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ אֵלַ֖יִךְ קָשָֽׁה׃

   va-ye-HI khish-MO-a a-khi-YA-hu et-KOL rag-le-HA ba-A ba-PE-takh va-yo-MER BO-i E-shet ya-rav-AM la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA

   and it happened when {he} heard Ahijah {the} sound of her feet {as} she came in the doorway or at the entrance and he said come {feminine singular} wife of Jeroboam why this you {feminine singular} are disguising yourself or making yourself unrecognizable and I sent to you {feminine singular} hard or severe

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | wayyṓmer} introduces the summons boi {בֹּ֖אִי | bṓ’î}, and the interrogative lamah ze {לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה | lāmmā́h zéh} heightens rhetorical force.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-r🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to speak”

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