2 Samuel 13:6:72 Sam.13.6.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/
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 el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-ME-lekh lir-o-TO va-YO-mer am-NON el-ha-ME-lekh ta-VO-na ta-MAR a-kho-TI u-te-la-BEV le-e-NAI she-TEI le-vi-VOT ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DA
- sentence
va-yish-KAV am-NON va-yit-KHAL va-ya-VO ha-ME-lekh lir-o-TO va-YO-mer am-NON el-ha-ME-lekh ta-VO-na ta-MAR a-kho-TI u-te-la-BEV le-e-NAI she-TEI le-vi-VOT ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DA
Exegesis
Dialogue begins with wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, introducing Amnon’s petition.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:6
And Amnon lay down and made himself sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make two cakes before my eyes, and I will eat from her hand.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 13:6, 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.13.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.6.W7.S1) and character.