2 Samuel 13:11:52 Sam.13.11.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER LAH
- clause
va-ya-kha-ZEK-BAH va-yo-MER LAH BO-i shikh-VI im-MI a-kho-TI
- sentence
va-tag-GESH e-LAV le-e-KHOL va-ya-kha-ZEK-BAH va-yo-MER LAH BO-i shikh-VI im-MI a-kho-TI
Exegesis
The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to drive action: vatagesh {וַתַּגֵּשׁ | wa-ta-ggēš} ‘and she brought near’, vayachazek-bah {וַיַּֽחֲזֶק-בָּהּ | wa-ya-ḥa-zek bá-h} ‘and he seized her’, and wa-yō-mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, each expanding the imperfective storyline.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:11
And she brought it near to him to eat, but he seized her and said to her, “Come, lie down with me, my sister .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.13.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.11.W5.S1) and character.