וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. clause🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א אֶת־זֹ֛את מֵעָלַ֖י הַח֑וּצָה

   va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa

   and he called {direct object marker} the young man his attendant or servant and he said send out, please {direct object marker} this {feminine} from upon me, from my presence outside
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א אֶת־זֹ֛את מֵעָלַ֖י הַח֑וּצָה וּנְעֹ֥ל הַדֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃

   va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa u-ne-OL ha-DE-let a-kha-re-HA

   and he called {direct object marker} the young man his attendant or servant and he said send out, please {direct object marker} this {feminine} from upon me, from my presence outside and bolt, and lock the door after her, behind her

Exegesis

The narrative advances through vav-consecutive verbs: vayyiqrāʼ {וַיִּקְרָ֗א | way-yiq-rāʼ} ‘and he called’ introduces the subordinate, followed by wayyōmer {וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ to deliver the command.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 ʾ–m–raleph–mem–resh

“to say”

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