2 Samuel 13:10:12 Sam.13.10.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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 am-NON
- clause
va-YO-mer am-NON el-ta-MAR ha-vi-I ha-bir-YA ha-KHE-der ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer am-NON el-ta-MAR ha-vi-I ha-bir-YA ha-KHE-der ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DEKH va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR et-hal-le-vi-VOT a-SHER a-sa-TA va-ta-VE le-am-NON a-KHI-ha he-KHA-de-ra
Exegesis
The narrative employs the sequential vav-consecutive verbs to advance the action: vayyomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, vattikkach {וַתִּקַּ֣ח | vaṯ-tiqqaḥ} ‘and she took’, and vattave {וַתָּבֵ֛א | va-ṯāvēʾ} ‘and she brought’.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:10
And Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the dish into the room so that I may eat from your hand .” Then Tamar took the cakes that she had made and brought them to her brother Amnon in the room.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:10, 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 Sam.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.10.W1.S1) and character.