2 Kings 18:26:12 Kgs.18.26.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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 el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ya-KIM ben-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-shev-NA ve-yo-AKH el-rav-sha-KE da-BER-na el-a-va-DE-kha a-ra-MIT KI sho-me-IM a-NA-khnu ve-al-te-da-BER im-MA-nu ye-hu-DIT be-oz-NE ha-AM a-SHER al-ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wă-yō-mer} marking the start of the Judahite envoys’ speech to the Assyrian Rabshakeh {רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה | rav-šā-qê}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh , “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic , for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:26, 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 Kgs.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.26.W1.S1) and character.