1 Kings 18:24:151 Kgs.18.24.W15TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
- sentence
u-kra-TEM be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem va-a-NI e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ya-a-NE va-ESH HU ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:24
And you will call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD , and the God who answers by fire—He is God. Then all the people answered and said, “The word is good .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:24:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (vayomeru) 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.18.24.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.24.W15.S1) and character.