1 Kings 20:28:71 Kgs.20.28.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֜אמֶר
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-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU ve-na-TAT-ti et-kol-he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL ha-ZE be-ya-DE-kha vi-da-TE-tem ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with vav-consecutive verbs vayigash {וַיִּגַּשׁ | wayyigaš} “and he approached” and vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} “and he said,” signaling direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:28
And the man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Because Aram has said, “The LORD is the God of the mountains and not the God of the valleys,” I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (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.20.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.28.W7.S1) and character.