1 Samuel 20:1:71 Sam.20.1.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/
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 lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN
- clause
va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH da-VID me-no-VEH min-NA-yot ba-ra-MA va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha KI me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI
Exegesis
The next clause begins with the vav consecutive + Qal imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, which introduces David’s direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:1
And David again came to Jonathan and said to him, “What have I done? What have I sinned? And what is your offense that a man from your father’s house is seeking to kill me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:1, 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.20.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.1.W7.S1) and character.