1 Kings 20:5:31 Kgs.20.5.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
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-me-RU
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-mal-a-KHIM va-yo-me-RU ko-a-MAR ben-ha-DAD le-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-mal-a-KHIM va-yo-me-RU ko-a-MAR ben-ha-DAD le-MOR ki-sha-la-KHti e-LE-kha le-MOR kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA ve-na-SHE-kha u-va-NE-kha LI ti-TEN
Exegesis
The frame of speaking is established by the sequence hammalaʾakhim vayyomeru {הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ | ham·mal·lā·’ā·ḵîm way·yō·’mer·ū} followed by koh-amar ben-Hadad leʾemor {כֹּה־אָמַר בֶּן־הֲדַד לֵאמֹר | kō-’ā·mar ben·ha·ḏād lē·’e·mor}, marking direct royal address.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:5
And the messengers returned and said, “Thus says Ben-Hadad : ‘I sent word to you, saying, “You shall give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.”’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomeru) 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.20.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.5.W3.S1) and character.