1 Kings 22:20:101 Kgs.22.20.W10TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and one said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer ZE be-KHO ve-ZE o-MER be-KHO
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fat-TE ET-a-khAV ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD va-YO-mer ZE be-KHO ve-ZE o-MER be-KHO
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative opens with the vav-consecutive perfect wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wăyyōmer} ‘and he said,’ marking divine speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Kings 22:20
And the LORD said, “Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?” Then one spoke this way, and another spoke that way.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.22.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.20.W10.S1) and character.