1 Kings 18:15:11 Kgs.18.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:15, 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W1.S1) and character.