1 Kings 18:43:111 Kgs.18.43.W11TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
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 SHUV SHE-va pe-a-MIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-na-a-RO a-le-NA ha-BET DE-rekh-YAM va-YA-al va-ya-BET va-YO-mer EN me-u-MA va-YO-mer SHUV SHE-va pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive forms (vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, vaya‘al {וַיַּעַל | vā-ya-‘ăl} ‘and he went up’, vayabet {וַיַּבֵּט | vā-yăb-bēṭ} ‘and he looked’) to move the narrative forward, emphasizing repetition and continuous action.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:43
And he said to his servant , “Go up now, look toward the way of the sea.” So he went up and looked, and he said, “There is nothing at all.” And he said, “Go back seven times.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:43:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:43, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.18.43.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.43.W11.S1) and character.