2 Chronicles 18:20:62 Chr.18.20.W6TAB
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
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-ye-TS E ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-TS E ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
Exegesis
The alternating wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wāy-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ frames the dialogue.
Root and etymology
aleph–mem–reshaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:20
And the spirit went out and stood before the LORD , and said, “I will entice him.” And the LORD said to him, “By what means?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 18:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.18.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.20.W6.S1) and character.