2 Chronicles 24:8:12 Chr.24.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh va-ya-a-SU a-RON e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh va-ya-a-SU a-RON e-KHAD va-yit-te-NU-hu be-SHA-ar BET-ye-ho-VAH khu-TSA
Exegesis
The verse is driven by a sequence of wayyiqtol clauses, creating rapid narrative progression from royal speech to immediate action: vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the king as the initiating authority, then wayyaasu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayyaʿăśû} ‘and they made’ and wayyittenuhu {וַיִּתְּנֻהוּ | wayyittenūhû} ‘and they placed it’ present compliance as the direct outcome of his words.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:8
And the king said, and they made one chest, and they placed it at the gate of the house of the LORD , outside.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.24.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.8.W1.S1) and character.