1 Kings 22:14:11 Kgs.22.14.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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
- sentence
va-YO-mer mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The decree begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə·yōˈ·mer} ‘and he said’, introducing Micaiah’s direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — 1 Kings 22:14
Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives , whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.22.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.14.W1.S1) and character.