וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל

   va-YO-mer sha-UL

   and he said Saul
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף

   va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF

   and he said Saul thus may he do God and thus may he add
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN

   and he said Saul thus may he do God and thus may he add for dying or surely die you shall die Jonathan

Exegesis

The narrative employs the vav-consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ to introduce an imprecatory oath.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 ’–m–r

“to say, declare”

• 🔊 אִמְרָה’imrāutterance, wordPsalm 12:7