1 Kings 22:21:91 Kgs.22.21.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
Exegesis
Successive vav-consecutives—vayyaʿamōḏ {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayyaʿămōḏ} “and he stood” and wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} “and he said”—place the spirit lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lip̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} “before the LORD” to initiate divine interaction.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — 1 Kings 22:21
Then the spirit went out and stood before the LORD and said, “I will entice.” Then the LORD said to him, “With what?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 22:21, 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.22.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.21.W9.S1) and character.