1 Samuel 16:9:41 Sam.16.9.W4TAB
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-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI sha-MA va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence beginning with vayya'aver {וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר | wayyaʿăḇēr} ‘and he made pass’ to present the candidate, followed by vayyomer {וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ to deliver the verdict.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by, and Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:9, 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.16.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.9.W4.S1) and character.