2 Samuel 15:3:12 Sam.15.3.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 e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha me-ET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyomer} introducing direct speech by avshalom {אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | avšālōm}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:3, 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.3.W1.S1) and character.