2 Kings 22:9:82 Kgs.22.9.W8TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
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
- clause
va-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR va-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — 2 Kings 22:9
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and reported to him, “Your servants have poured out the silver that was found in the house, and they have handed it over to the doers of the work, the overseers of the house of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 22:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.22.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.9.W8.S1) and character.