1 Samuel 17:34:11 Sam.17.34.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 da-VID
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der
Exegesis
The opening vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces David’s direct speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:34
And David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for his father among the sheep, when a lion and a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.17.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W1.S1) and character.