1 Samuel 14:1:31 Sam.14.1.W3TAB
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 yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vă-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct discourse.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:1
And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:1, 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 Sam.14.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W3.S1) and character.