2 Kings 19:6:12 Kgs.19.6.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 la-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM ye-sha-ya-HU KO to-me-RUN el-a-do-ne-KHEM
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM ye-sha-ya-HU KO to-me-RUN el-a-do-ne-KHEM KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ti-RA mip-ne had-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA-ta a-SHER gid-de-FU na-re ME-lekh-a-SHUR o-TI
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative begins with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʼmer} ‘and he said’, marking the prophetic address.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Kings 19:6
And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master: ‘Thus says the LORD , Do not fear the words that you have heard which the young men of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me .’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.19.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.6.W1.S1) and character.