1 Kings 19:11:11 Kgs.19.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer TSE ve-a-mad-TA va-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE ye-ho-VAH o-VER ve-RU-akh ge-do-LA ve-kha-ZAK me-fa-REK ha-RIM u-me-shab-BER se-la-IM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH LO va-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer TSE ve-a-mad-TA va-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE ye-ho-VAH o-VER ve-RU-akh ge-do-LA ve-kha-ZAK me-fa-REK ha-RIM u-me-shab-BER se-la-IM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH LO va-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH ve-a-KHAR ha-RU-akh ra-ASH LO va-ra-ASH ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with direct speech marked by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’.
In context — 1 Kings 19:11
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD .” And behold, the LORD was passing by: a great and strong wind was tearing the mountains apart and shattering the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 19:11, 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.11.W1.S1) and character.