2 Chronicles 18:10:72 Chr.18.10.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
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
- clause
va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH be-E-le te-nag-GAKH et-a-RAM ad-ka-lo-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS LO tsid-ki-YA-hu ben-ke-na-a-NA kar-NE var-ZEL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH be-E-le te-nag-GAKH et-a-RAM ad-ka-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The prophetic speech formula employs wayyōmer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, followed by kô-ʾāmar {כֹּה־אָמַר | kô-ʾāmar} ‘thus he says’, to introduce the divine oracle.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:10
Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah made horns of iron for himself, and he said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘With these you will gore Aram until they are finished .’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 18:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.18.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.10.W7.S1) and character.