וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁנוּ֙

   va-yo-MER she-NU

   and he said do {it} a second time
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁנוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃

   va-yo-MER she-NU va-yish-NU va-yo-MER shal-LE-shu va-ye-shal-LE-shu

   and he said do {it} a second time and they did {it} a second time and he said do {it} a third time and they did {it} a third time
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִלְא֨וּ אַרְבָּעָ֤ה כַדִּים֙ מַ֔יִם וְיִֽצְק֥וּ עַל־הָעֹלָ֖ה וְעַל־הָעֵצִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁנוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃

   va-yo-MER mil-E-u ar-ba-A ka-DIM MA-yim ve-yits-KE-u al-ha-o-LA ve-al-ha-e-TSIM va-yo-MER she-NU va-yish-NU va-yo-MER shal-LE-shu va-ye-shal-LE-shu

   and he said fill four jars water and pour upon the burnt offering and upon the wood and he said do {it} a second time and they did {it} a second time and he said do {it} a third time and they did {it} a third time

Exegesis

The verse features a chiastic repetition structure signaled by the verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing each command.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 aleph–mem–resh

“to speak, declare”

• 🔊 אֱמֹרemorsayGenesis 12:1