1 Samuel 22:14:41 Sam.22.14.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mar
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mahr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mar
- clause
va-YA-an a-khi-ME-lekh et-ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mar
- sentence
va-YA-an a-khi-ME-lekh et-ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mar u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative sequence vayaʿan {וַיַּ֧עַן | wayyāʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by vayyōmer {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, marking the introduction of direct speech.
Root and etymology
מ־ר־רm, r, r
“to be bitter”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:14
And Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David , the king’s son-in-law, captain over your bodyguard , and honored in your house?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.22.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.14.W4.S1) and character.