2 Kings 20:15:12 Kgs.20.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
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
- clause
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu ET KAL-a-SHER be-VE-ti ra-U lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-hir-E-tiM be-o-tsro-TAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, marking direct speech that introduces the question.
In context — 2 Kings 20:15
And he said, “What have they looked at in your house?” And Hezekiah replied, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my treasures that I did not show them.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.20.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.15.W1.S1) and character.