1 Samuel 17:33:11 Sam.17.33.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER sha-UL
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive marking continued narrative, introducing Saul’s speech with vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | va-yô-mer} ‘and he said’.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine to fight him, for you are a youth , and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:33, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.17.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W1.S1) and character.