2 Kings 18:27:12 Kgs.18.27.W1TAB
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ anchors the narrative in direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Kings 18:27
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:27, 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 Kgs.18.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W1.S1) and character.