2 Chronicles 13:4:92 Chr.13.4.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmɛr/
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
- clause
va-yo-MER she-ma-U-ni ya-ra-ve-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-KAM a-vi-YA me-AL le-HAR tse-ma-RA-yim a-SHER be-HAR e-fe-RA-yim va-yo-MER she-ma-U-ni ya-ra-ve-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative then employs wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’ before shifting to direct speech.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:4
And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim , in the hill country of Ephraim , and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 13:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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 2 Chr.13.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.4.W9.S1) and character.