2 Chronicles 25:15:72 Chr.25.15.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔamɛr/
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 LO
- clause
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV na-VI va-yo-MER LO LAM-ma da-RASH-te et-e-lo-HE ha-AM a-SHER lo-hi-TSI-lu et-AM-mam mi-YA-de-kha
- sentence
va-yik-HAR-AF ye-ho-VAH ba-a-mats-ya-HU va-yish-LAKH e-LAV na-VI va-yo-MER LO LAM-ma da-RASH-te et-e-lo-HE ha-AM a-SHER lo-hi-TSI-lu et-AM-mam mi-YA-de-kha
Exegesis
Direct speech is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, leading into a sharp interrogative marked by lamah {לָמָּה | lā·māh} ‘why’ and the perfect darashta {דָרַשְׁתָּ | dā·raš·tā} ‘you have sought’, which denotes completed, culpable action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:15
And the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 25:15, 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.25.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.15.W7.S1) and character.