1 Samuel 16:8:71 Sam.16.8.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA yi-SHAI el-a-vi-na-DAV va-ya-a-vi-RE-hu lif-NEI she-mu-EL va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The adversative vav {וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | wayyōmer} then introduces the LORD’s evaluation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:8
And Jesse called to Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (vayomer) 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.16.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.8.W7.S1) and character.