2 Samuel 15:25:12 Sam.15.25.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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that transitions from prior context into direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD , then He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:25, 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.15.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.25.W1.S1) and character.