1 Samuel 14:40:11 Sam.14.40.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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 el-KAL-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer el-KAL-yis-ra-EL a-TEM ti-he-YU le-E-ver e-KHAD va-a-NI ve-yo-na-TAN be-NI nih-ye-HE le-E-ver e-KHAD
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-KAL-yis-ra-EL a-TEM ti-he-YU le-E-ver e-KHAD va-a-NI ve-yo-na-TAN be-NI nih-ye-HE le-E-ver e-KHAD va-yom-RE-U ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, marking the introduction of direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:40
And he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do the good in your eyes; do it.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:40, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.14.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.40.W1.S1) and character.