2 Chronicles 2:12:12 Chr.2.12.W1TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:11
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֮
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER A-sa ET-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ET-ha-A-rets a-SHER na-TAN le-da-VID ha-ME-lekh BEN kha-KHAM yo-DE-a SE-khel
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER A-sa ET-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-ET-ha-A-rets a-SHER na-TAN le-da-VID ha-ME-lekh BEN kha-KHAM yo-DE-a SE-khel u-vi-NA a-SHER yiv-NE-va-YIT la-ye-ho-VAH u-VA-yit le-mal-khu-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō'mer} ‘and he said,’ marking a narrative shift into a doxology.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רam-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:12
And Huram said, “Blessed be the LORD , the God of Israel , who made the heavens and the earth, who has given to King David a wise son skilled in insight and discerning understanding , who will build a house for the LORD and a palace for his kingdom.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 2:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֮ (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.2.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.12.W1.S1) and character.