1 Samuel 20:40:61 Sam.20.40.W6TAB
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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Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER LO
- clause
va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct speech with lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’ as the addressee.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:40, 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.20.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.40.W6.S1) and character.