1 Samuel 20:32:51 Sam.20.32.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and said
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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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
- sentence
va-YA-an ye-ho-NA-tan ET-sha-UL a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
Exegesis
The next vav-consecutive introduces direct speech with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}, and the indirect object is expressed by elav {אֵלָיו | ʾē-lā-yu} “to him.”
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:32
And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, “Why should this man die ? What has he done ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:32, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.20.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.32.W5.S1) and character.