וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־יִשַׁי֙

   va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI

   and he said Samuel to Jesse
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־יִשַׁי֙ שִׁלְחָ֣ה וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־נָסֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּא֥וֹ פֹֽה׃

   va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI shil-KHA ve-ka-KHE-nu KI lo-na-SOV ad-bo-O PO

   and he said Samuel to Jesse send and take him for we will not turn around or we will not go around until his coming here
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל אֶל־יִשַׁי֮ הֲתַ֣מּוּ הַנְּעָרִים֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר ע֚וֹד שָׁאַ֣ר הַקָּטָ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֥ה רֹעֶ֖ה בַּצֹּ֑אן וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־יִשַׁי֙ שִׁלְחָ֣ה וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־נָסֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּא֥וֹ פֹֽה׃

   va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM va-YO-mer OD sha-AR hak-ka-TAN ve-hin-NE ro-E bats-TSO-n va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI shil-KHA ve-ka-KHE-nu KI lo-na-SOV ad-bo-O PO

   and he said Samuel to Jesse are they finished the young men or boys and he said still or yet remains the small one or the youngest and behold shepherding or tending the flock and he said Samuel to Jesse send and take him for we will not turn around or we will not go around until his coming here

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds through three direct address sequences introduced by wayyōmer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, creating a progression from inquiry to response to command.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-r🔊 א-מ-רaleph–mem–resh

“to say, speak”

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