1 Samuel 14:36:181 Sam.14.36.W18TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
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
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ko-HEN nik-re-VA ha-LOM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL ner-e-DA a-kha-RE pe-lish-TIM LAI-la ve-na-VO-za va-HEM ad-OR ha-BO-ker ve-LO-na-she-ER ba-HEM ISH va-YO-mer-U kol-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE va-YO-mer ha-ko-HEN nik-re-VA ha-LOM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wə-yō-mər} ‘and he said,’ the vav consecutive plus Qal imperfect third person masculine singular marking sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:36
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave among them a man.” And they said, “Do all that seems right to you.” Then the priest said, “Let us draw near here to God .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:36:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 14:36, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.14.36.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.36.W18.S1) and character.