1 Samuel 17:30:51 Sam.17.30.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔmɛr/
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-yi-SOV me-ets-LO el-MUL a-KHER va-yo-MER ka-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yi-SOV me-ets-LO el-MUL a-KHER va-yo-MER ka-da-VAR ha-ZE va-ye-shi-VU-hu ha-AM da-VAR ka-da-VAR ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The verb vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the repeated matter through the comparative formula ka-davar ha-zeh {כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ka-ḏāḇār hā-zēh} ‘according to this matter’.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:30
He turned away from beside him toward another, spoke the same thing , and the people answered him as before .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.17.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.30.W5.S1) and character.