1 Samuel 14:11:51 Sam.14.11.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːməˈruː/
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 pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU pe-lish-TIM hi-NE iv-rim yo-tse-IM min-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hit-kha-be-U-SHAM
- sentence
va-yig-ga-LU she-NEI-hem el-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM va-yo-me-RU pe-lish-TIM hi-NE iv-rim yo-tse-IM min-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hit-kha-be-U-SHAM
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-m-r
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:11
Then the two of them revealed themselves to the Philistine outpost, and the Philistines said, “Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they had hidden .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:11, 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 Sam.14.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.11.W5.S1) and character.