2 Samuel 15:2:162 Sam.15.2.W16TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
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
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
Exegesis
Dialogue is marked by sequential verbs vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֨א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’ and vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said,’ indicating routine speech acts. In English, vav-consecutive verbs are rendered with “and” plus simple past, and habitual actions with “would” to reflect the repetitive nature of the events.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:2
Absalom rose early and stood beside the road at the gate. And it happened that whenever any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say, “From which city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 15:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.15.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.2.W16.S1) and character.