1 Samuel 14:12:71 Sam.14.12.W7TAB
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-ehm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joʔməˈruː/
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
- clause
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
- 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
Rootʾ-m-r
“to say”
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 14:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (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.14.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.12.W7.S1) and character.