וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙

   va-yo-MER sha-UL

   and he said Saul
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA

   and he said Saul to Jonathan tell to me what you have done
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ יוֹנָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT

   and he said Saul to Jonathan tell to me what you have done and he told him Jonathan and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted at the end of the staff which was in my hand a little honey here I am I will die

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive term vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·ʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 ’–m–r

“to say, declare”

• 🔊 אִמְרָה’imrāutterance, wordPsalm 12:7