2 Samuel 14:2:82 Sam.14.2.W8TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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 E-le-ha
- clause
va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yo-AV te-ko-A va-yik-KAKH mish-SHAM ish-SHA kha-kha-MA va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
In context — 2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman. He then said to her, “Please mourn and put on garments of mourning, do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned for many days for the dead.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:2, 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.14.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.2.W8.S1) and character.