2 Kings 19:3:12 Kgs.19.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmərˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv
- clause
va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv KO a-MAR khiz-ki-YA-hu yom-tsa-RA ve-to-khe-KHA u-ne-a-TSA ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv KO a-MAR khiz-ki-YA-hu yom-tsa-RA ve-to-khe-KHA u-ne-a-TSA ha-YOM ha-ZE KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da
Exegesis
The verse frames a reported message with vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmərû} ‘and they said’ followed by the messenger formula koh amar {כֹּה אָמַר | kōh ʾāmar} ‘thus said’, marking the king’s words as an official pronouncement. The predicate-first sequence “yom-tsarah …
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 19:3
And they said to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke , and contempt; for children have come up to the birthstool , but there is no strength to give birth.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomeru) 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.19.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.3.W1.S1) and character.