1 Samuel 21:5:41 Sam.21.5.W4TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:6
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-ʼmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:5
And David said to Achiel the priest, “Truly the women have been withheld from us just as when I went out , for the bodies of the young men are consecrated in this matter.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 21:5, 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.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.5.W4.S1) and character.