1 Kings 22:6:141 Kgs.22.6.W14TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU a-LE
- clause
va-yo-me-RU a-LE ve-yi-TEN a-do-NAI be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ET-ha-ne-vi-IM ke-ar-BA me-OT ISH va-yo-MER a-le-HEM ha-e-LEKH al-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-e-kh-DAL va-yo-me-RU a-LE ve-yi-TEN a-do-NAI be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
Reported speech is introduced by vayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vay-yō-mer} and structured with an interrogative imperfect in hannēlēḵ {הַנֵּלֵךְ | han-nē-lēḵ} contrasted by ʾim-nĕḥdāl {אִם־נֶחְדָּל | ʾim-nĕḥ-dāl}.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — 1 Kings 22:6
And the king of Israel gathered about four hundred prophets and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth Gilead in battle , or shall we refrain?” And they replied, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 22:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomeru) 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.22.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.6.W14.S1) and character.