1 Kings 20:11:31 Kgs.20.11.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer da-be-RU
- sentence
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer da-be-RU al-yit-ha-LEL kho-GER kim-fa-TE-akh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive formula way·ya·ʿan {וַיַּ֤עַן | way·ya·ʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by way·yō·mer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’, introducing the royal directive.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, “Say, ‘Let not the one who girds on boast like the one who loosens it .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.20.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.11.W3.S1) and character.