2 Chronicles 18:15:12 Chr.18.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive construction vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ signaling a shift in narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:15
And the king said to him, “How many times must I put you under oath to speak only the truth to me in the name of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.15.W1.S1) and character.