1 Samuel 16:15:11 Sam.16.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
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-yo-ME-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-ME-ru av-DE-SHA-ul
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru av-DE-SHA-ul e-LAV
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru av-DE-SHA-ul e-LAV hin-NE-na RU-akh-e-lo-HIM ra-A me-va-it-TE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-consecutive verb vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ | wayyōʼmerū} ‘and they said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:15
And the servants of Saul said to him, “Behold, now an evil spirit from God is terrifying you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (vayomeru) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.15.W1.S1) and character.