1 Kings 19:5:101 Kgs.19.5.W10TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmɛr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LO
- clause
ve-hin-NE-ze mal-AKH no-GE-a BO va-YO-mer LO KUM e-KHOL
- sentence
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD ve-hin-NE-ze mal-AKH no-GE-a BO va-YO-mer LO KUM e-KHOL
Exegesis
The participle nogeaʿ {נֹגֵ֣עַ | nōgēaʿ} ‘touching’ creates immediacy, and vayomer lo {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ | wayyōmer lō} ‘and he said to him’ leads into the imperatives kum {ק֥וּם | qûm} ‘arise’ and ekhol {אֱכֽוֹל | ʿekōl} ‘eat,’ forming a command-response structure.
In context — 1 Kings 19:5
He lay down beneath a broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Arise and eat.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.19.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.5.W10.S1) and character.