1 Samuel 19:4:71 Sam.19.4.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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 e-LAV
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV al-ye-khe-TA ham-ME-lekh be-av-DO be-da-VID KI LO kha-TA LAKH ve-KI ma-a-saV tov-le-KHA me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER ye-ho-na-TAN be-da-VID TOV el-sha-UL a-VIV va-yo-MER e-LAV al-ye-khe-TA ham-ME-lekh be-av-DO be-da-VID KI LO kha-TA LAKH ve-KI ma-a-saV tov-le-KHA me-OD
Exegesis
The second clause uses the vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’, with elav {אֵ֠לָיו | ʾê·lā·w} ‘to him’ introducing direct speech.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:4
And Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, and he said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds are very good for you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.4.W7.S1) and character.