1 Kings 20:32:91 Kgs.20.32.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomerru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-mer-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-mehr-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.joʔ.məˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-mer-RU
- clause
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI
- sentence
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayachgeru {וַיַּחְגְּרוּ | way-yaḥ-ge-rû} ‘and they girded,’ vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | way-yā-bō-ʾû} ‘and they came,’ and vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-ʾə-rû} ‘and they said’—which drive the action.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:32
And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomerru) 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.20.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W9.S1) and character.