1 Kings 22:15:121 Kgs.22.15.W12TAB

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

vayomer

and he said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and he said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv

  3. clause

    im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

  4. sentence

    va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

It proceeds with wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר

to say

In context1 Kings 22:15

And Micaiah came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead in battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and succeed, and the LORD will give it into the hand of the king .”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 22:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 22:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.22.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.15.W12.S1) and character.