1 Kings 20:8:11 Kgs.20.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-RUU
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV
- clause
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV kol-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-khol-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV kol-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-khol-ha-AM al-tish-me-A ve-LO to-VE
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said,’ marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 20:8
And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen , and do not consent.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.8.W1.S1) and character.