1 Samuel 21:1:101 Sam.21.1.W10TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:2
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 LO
- clause
va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
- sentence
va-ya-BO da-VID NO-ve el-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with a series of vav-consecutive verbs: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, vayira {וַיִּירָא | wayyērāʾ} ‘and he trembled’, and vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, conveying sequential action.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:1
And David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man is with you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.21.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.1.W10.S1) and character.