וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֣וֹ חָלִילָה֮

   va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA

   and he said to him far be it
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֣וֹ חָלִילָה֮ לֹ֣א תָמוּת֒ הִנֵּ֡ה לֹֽא־יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה אֲבִ֜י דָּבָ֣ר גָּד֗וֹל א֚וֹ דָּבָ֣ר קָטֹ֔ן וְלֹ֥א יִגְלֶ֖ה אֶת־אָזְנִ֑י

   va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE

   and he said to him far be it not you will die look he does not do my father a thing great or a thing small and not he discloses the ear of me
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֣וֹ חָלִילָה֮ לֹ֣א תָמוּת֒ הִנֵּ֡ה לֹֽא־יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה אֲבִ֜י דָּבָ֣ר גָּד֗וֹל א֚וֹ דָּבָ֣ר קָטֹ֔ן וְלֹ֥א יִגְלֶ֖ה אֶת־אָזְנִ֑י וּמַדּ֨וּעַ יִסְתִּ֤יר אָבִ֙י מִמֶּ֔נִּי אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֥ין זֹ֖את׃

   va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT

   and he said to him far be it not you will die look he does not do my father a thing great or a thing small and not he discloses the ear of me and why would he hide my father from me the thing this there is not this

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yo-MER} ‘and he said’, which introduces Jonathan’s response.

Root and etymology

’-m-r🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to say”

• 🔊 אִמְרָה’im-rāhwordGenesis 1:3
• 🔊 אוֹמֵר’ō-mersaysExodus 19:3