2 Kings 13:18:12 Kgs.13.18.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 KAKH ha-khi-TSIIM va-yik-KAKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER KAKH ha-khi-TSIIM va-yik-KAKH va-yo-MER le-ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL hak-AR-tsa va-YAKH sha-LOSH-pe-a-MEEM va-ya-ah-MOD
Exegesis
The verse follows a sequential narrative pattern propelled by vav-consecutive verbs: vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}, vayikakh {וַיִּקָּח | wayyiqqāḥ}, vayomer again, vayakh {וַיַּךְ | wayyaqqāḥ}, and vayaamod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayyaʿāmōḏ}, each introducing a new action in temporal succession.
In context — 2 Kings 13:18
And he said, “Take the arrows ,” and the king of Israel took them. Then he said, “Strike the ground,” and the king struck it three times and ceased .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (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 Kgs.13.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.18.W1.S1) and character.