2 Kings 20:14:62 Kgs.20.14.W6TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔmɛr/
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 e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
- sentence
va-VA ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through vav-consecutive clauses, with wayyābōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ followed by wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, establishing sequential action.
In context — 2 Kings 20:14
Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men discuss, and from which region did they arrive to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 20:14, 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.20.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.14.W6.S1) and character.