2 Samuel 15:9:12 Sam.15.9.W1TAB
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ
vayomerlo
“and he said to him”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer-LO
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr-LOH
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛrˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said to him
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer-LO ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer-LO ha-ME-lekh LEKH be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer-LO ha-ME-lekh LEKH be-sha-LOM va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
Exegesis
The verse features three vav-consecutive verbs—vayomer {וַיֹּֽאמֶר | vāyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | vāyāqām} ‘and he rose’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vāyēleḵ} ‘and he went’—driving the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:9
The king said to him, “Go with peace .” Then he rose and journeyed to Hebron.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ (vayomerlo) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.9.W1.S1) and character.