1 Kings 20:42:11 Kgs.20.42.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER e-LAV
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have released the man I had devoted to destruction from your hand, your life shall go in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:42, 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.20.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.42.W1.S1) and character.