2 Chronicles 25:16:142 Chr.25.16.W14TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
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-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-dab-RO e-LA-yv va-yo-MER LO hal-yo-ETS la-ME-lekh ne-tan-NU-kha kha-DAL-le-kha LA-ma yak-KU-kha va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wa·yō·mer} introduces the king’s incredulous challenge in halyo‘ets {הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ | hal·yo·ʿēṣ} ‘counselor’ lamelekh {לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ | la·me·lêḵ} ‘to the king’ netanukha {נְתַנּ֔וּךָ | nə·tan·nû·ḵā} ‘have we appointed you,’ followed by the Qal imperative chadal-lekha {חֲדַל־לְךָ֖ | ḥa·ḏal-le·ḵā} ‘cease for yourself.’
A second vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר | wa·yō·mer} leads into the prophetic oracle: yadati {יָדַ֗עְתִּי | yā·ḏa·tî} ‘I know,’ the causal conjunction-verb ki-ya‘atz {כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ | kî-yā·‘aṣ} ‘for he counseled,’ Elohim {אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾĕ·lō·hîm} ‘God,’ and the Hifil infinitive lehashchitecha {לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ | lə·haš·ṣî·ṯe·ḵā} ‘to destroy you.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:16
And it happened, as he was speaking to him, that the king said, “Have we appointed you as counselor to the king? Cease for yourself; why should they strike you?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 25:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.25.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.16.W14.S1) and character.