וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְרַכָּב֜וֹ

   va-yo-MER le-ra-kha-VO

   and he said to his chariot driver
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְרַכָּב֜וֹ הֲפֹ֧ךְ יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

   va-yo-MER le-ra-kha-VO ha-FOKH YAD-kha ve-ho-tsi-E-ni min-ha-ma-kha-NE KI ha-kho-LEI-ti

   and he said to his chariot driver turn your hand and bring me out from the camp for I am wounded or I have been made sick
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בְּקַשְׁתּוֹ֙ לְתֻמּוֹ֔ וַיַּכֶּה֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְרַכָּב֜וֹ הֲפֹ֧ךְ יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

   ve-ISH ma-SHAKH be-kash-TO le-tum-MO va-yak-KE ET-me-LEKH yis-ra-EL BEN ha-de-va-KIM u-VEN ha-shir-YAN va-yo-MER le-ra-kha-VO ha-FOKH YAD-kha ve-ho-tsi-E-ni min-ha-ma-kha-NE KI ha-kho-LEI-ti

   and a man drew with his bow at his simplicity or at random and he struck {direct object} the king of Israel between the scale pieces and between the breastplate or armor coat and he said to his chariot driver turn your hand and bring me out from the camp for I am wounded or I have been made sick

Exegesis

In the speech sequence, vayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct discourse followed by Hiphil imperatives hafokh yadkha {הָפֹךְ יָדְךָ | hā-p̄ōḵ yāḏ-ḵā} ‘turn your hand’ and vehotsi’eni {וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי | wə-hō-ṣî-’ē-ni} ‘and bring me out’, conveying urgent commands.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 Aleph-Mem-Resh

“to say”