2 Samuel 15:4:12 Sam.15.4.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
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
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive form vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:4
And Absalom said, “Who will make me judge in the land, that every man who has a dispute or a case might come to me, and I would declare him right.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.4.W1.S1) and character.