2 Kings 20:8:12 Kgs.20.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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 khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu MA OT ki-yir-PA ye-ho-VAH LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu MA OT ki-yir-PA ye-ho-VAH LI ve-a-LI-ti ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative opening vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾămer} ‘and he said’ employs the vav-consecutive to introduce direct speech.
In context — 2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What sign will show that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:8, 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.8.W1.S1) and character.