1 Samuel 23:12:11 Sam.23.12.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHr
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 da-VID
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID ha-ya-se-GI-ru ba-a-LE ke-i-LA o-TI ve-ET-a-na-SHAI be-YAD-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID ha-ya-se-GI-ru ba-a-LE ke-i-LA o-TI ve-ET-a-na-SHAI be-YAD-sha-UL va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH yas-GI-ru
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative marker vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mēr} ‘and he said’, introducing David’s question.
The narrative formula repeats with vayomer YHWH {וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה | wa-yō-mēr Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and the LORD said’, and yisgiru {יִסְגִּרוּ | yis-gî-rû} ‘they will deliver’ affirms the certainty of betrayal. The translation preserves the Hebrew’s question-and-answer structure and the idiomatic sense of being handed over to an enemy.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into Saul’s hand?” And the LORD said, “They will deliver you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 23:12, 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.23.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.12.W1.S1) and character.