2 Samuel 15:27:12 Sam.15.27.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} introducing direct speech, followed by the agent ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamméleḵ} and the indirect object el-tsadok ha-kohen {אֶל־צָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ʼel-ṣāḏōq hā-kōhēn}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:27
And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace , and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:27, 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.15.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W1.S1) and character.