2 Samuel 15:21:42 Sam.15.21.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-YA-an i-TAI et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-YA-an i-TAI et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MAR khai-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KI im-bi-me-KOM a-SHER yih-ye-SHAM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-le-MA-vet im-le-kha-YIM ki-SHAM yih-YE av-de-KHA
Exegesis
vayyaʽăn {וַיַּעַן | wayyaʽăn} ‘and he answered’ and wayyoʾmar {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyoʾmar} ‘and he said’ introduce direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:21
And Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, that is where your servant will be.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.15.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.21.W4.S1) and character.