1 Samuel 18:21:11 Sam.18.21.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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 et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID bish-ta-YIM tit-kha-TTEN BI ha-YOM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va·yō·mer} to introduce Saul’s speech.
Root and etymology
“to speak, say”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she shall be a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.” And Saul said to David, “Today you shall become my son-in-law for a second time.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:21, 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.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W1.S1) and character.