2 Chronicles 35:23:52 Chr.35.23.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-a-va-DAV
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-a-va-DAV ha-a-vi-RU-ni KI ha-kho-LEI-ti me-OD
- sentence
va-YO-ru ha-yo-RIM la-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-a-va-DAV ha-a-vi-RU-ni KI ha-kho-LEI-ti me-OD
Exegesis
The second clause begins with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, foregrounding royal speech.
In context — 2 Chronicles 35:23
And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Carry me away, for I am severely wounded .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 35:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 35:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.35.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.35.23.W5.S1) and character.