1 Samuel 21:11:11 Sam.21.11.W1TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-meru
- Extended
- vah-YOH-meh-roo
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːm.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-meru
- sentence
va-YO-meru a-ve-DE a-KHISH e-LAV ha-LO-ze da-VID ME-lekh ha-A-rets ha-LO la-ZE ya-a-NU bam-me-kho-LOT le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-ve-TAIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said’, introducing reported speech by Achish’s servants.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this David, the king of the land? Is he not the one of whom they sing to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 21:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (vayomeru) 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W1.S1) and character.