1 Kings 18:44:91 Kgs.18.44.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} frames prophetic speech, and the succession of imperatives ʿălēh {עֲלֵ֨ה | ʿălēh}, ʾêmōr {אֱמֹר | ʾêmōr}, ʾêsôr {אֱסֹ֣ר | ʾêsôr}, and wārēḏ {וָרֵ֔ד | wārēḏ} issues authoritative commands.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — 1 Kings 18:44
And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:44:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.18.44.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W9.S1) and character.