וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}

Exegesis

The verb vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer} initiates direct speech, and the imperative reʾi {רְאִי | rǝ·ʾî} directly addresses the mother to witness the outcome.