וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָֽרַכָּ֗ב

   va-YO-mer la-rak-KAV

   and he said to the chariot driver
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָֽרַכָּ֗ב הֲפֹ֧ךְ ידיך יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

   va-YO-mer la-rak-KAV ha-FOKH ya-DE-kha yod-KHA ve-ho-tse-TA-ni min-ham-ma-kha-NE KI kho-le-TI

   and he said to the chariot driver turn your hands your hand and bring me out from the camp or from the battle line for I am wounded or I am sickened
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לְתֻמּ֔וֹ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָֽרַכָּ֗ב הֲפֹ֧ךְ ידיך יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

   ve-ISH ma-SHAKH bak-KE-shet le-tum-MO va-YAKH et-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL BEN had-de-va-KIM u-VEN hash-shir-YAN va-YO-mer la-rak-KAV ha-FOKH ya-DE-kha yod-KHA ve-ho-tse-TA-ni min-ham-ma-kha-NE KI kho-le-TI

   and a man drew with the bow in his innocence or at random and struck {direct object} the king of Israel between the joints or the fastenings and between the coat of mail or armor and he said to the chariot driver turn your hands your hand and bring me out from the camp or from the battle line for I am wounded or I am sickened

Exegesis

The verse advances with a tight chain of wayyiqtol clauses, moving action-to-result-to-speech: vayyakh {וַיַּךְ | wayyak} ‘and he struck’ culminates in vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ shifting from narrated event to urgent direct address.

Root and etymology

aleph–mem–resh🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to say, speak”

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