2 Samuel 14:8:12 Sam.14.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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 ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH va-a-NI a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, a vav consecutive plus Qal imperfect marking sequential action.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:8
Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.8.W1.S1) and character.