2 Samuel 13:35:12 Sam.13.35.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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 yo-na-DAV
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-na-DAV el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE ve-NE-ha-ME-lekh BA-u
- sentence
va-yo-MER yo-na-DAV el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE ve-NE-ha-ME-lekh BA-u kid-VAR av-de-KHA KEN ha-YA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive on the Qal imperfect verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, marking a shift into direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:35
And Jonadab said to the king, “Behold , the king’s sons have come, according to the word of your servant , so it has happened.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:35, 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 Sam.13.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.35.W1.S1) and character.