1 Samuel 14:12:131 Sam.14.12.W13TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-EH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmɛr/
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
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU an-she ham-mats-tsa-VA et-yo-na-TAN ve-et-no-SE ke-LAV va-yo-me-RU a-LU e-LE-nu ve-no-di-A et-khem da-VAR va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative is propelled by a series of vav-consecutive verbs like vaya’anu {וַיַּעֲנוּ֩ | wayya·‘ānû} ‘and they answered’ and vayomru {וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | wayyō·merû} ‘and they said,’ which connects dialogue and ongoing action.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:12
And the men of the outpost answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, saying, “Come up to us and we will make known to you a matter.” And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 14:12, 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.14.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.12.W13.S1) and character.