1 Kings 21:6:171 Kgs.21.6.W17TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
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-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:6
And he spoke to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in its place’; but he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.21.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.6.W17.S1) and character.