1 Samuel 14:40:131 Sam.14.40.W13TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ
vayomreu
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RE-U
- Extended
- vah-yohm-REH-oo
- IPA
- /vajːomˈruː/
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-yom-RE-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RE-U ha-AM
- clause
va-yom-RE-U ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE
- 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 people’s response opens with the vav-consecutive vayomrū {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerū} ‘and they said’ and issues the imperative aseh {עֲשֵֽׂה | ʿăśêh} ‘do’, followed by the idiomatic hatṭôḇ bəʿēyênêḵā {הַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ | haṭṭôḇ bəʿēyênêḵā} ‘the good in your eyes’, transferring decision-making to Saul’s judgment. The Hebrew repetition of leʿēḇēr ʾeḥāḏ underscores the dichotomy used for consulting or lot-casting. In English, splitting the speech into two sentences preserves both the command and the response, with imperatives rendered to retain their original force.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-m-r
“to say”
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 14:40:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 14:40, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (vayomreu) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.40.W13.S1) and character.