1 Samuel 22:16:11 Sam.22.16.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ham-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer ham-ME-lekh MOT ta-MUT a-khi-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ham-ME-lekh MOT ta-MUT a-khi-ME-lekh a-TA ve-KHOL-BET a-VI-kha
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wâ·yō·mer} ‘and he said’, signaling a shift to direct speech.
Root and etymology
מ־ר־רm, r, r
“to be bitter”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:16
But the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all the house of your father .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 22:16, 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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.16.W1.S1) and character.