2 Samuel 15:19:12 Sam.15.19.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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-i-TAI ha-gi-TI la-MA te-LEKH gam-a-TA i-TA-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-i-TAI ha-gi-TI la-MA te-LEKH gam-a-TA i-TA-nu SHUV ve-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh ki-na-KHRI a-TA ve-gam-go-LE a-TA lim-ko-ME-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav in vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vayyoʾmer} ‘and he said’, marking the shift to direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:19
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Return and remain with the king, for you are a foreigner and an exile to your own place.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:19, 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.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.19.W1.S1) and character.