2 Chronicles 12:6:42 Chr.12.6.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːməˈruː/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU tsa-DIK Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-me-RU tsa-DIK Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive in vayyomeru {וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | va-yō-ʾə-rû} ‘and they said’ maintains narrative progression.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:6
And the chiefs of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 12:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (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 2 Chr.12.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.6.W4.S1) and character.