1 Samuel 19:22:141 Sam.19.22.W14TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and one said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one 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 hin-NE be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh gam-HU ha-ra-MA-ta va-ya-BO ad-BOR ha-ga-DOL a-SHER ba-se-KHU va-yish-AL va-yo-MER E-fo she-mu-EL ve-da-VID va-yo-MER hin-NE be-nu-YIT be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The sequence of vav-consecutive forms (wayyeilekh {וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ | wayyeilekh} “and he went”, wayyavo {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyavo} “and he came”, wayyishal {וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל | wayyishal} “and he asked”, wayyomer {וַיֹּ֔אמֶר | wayyomer} “and he said”) establishes rapid narrative progression.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:22
And he also went to Ramah and came to the great well in Seku , and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And he said, “Behold, they are in Naioth in Ramah.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 19:22, 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.19.22.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.22.W14.S1) and character.