וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי֙

   va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI

   and he said David to Abishai
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי֙ וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֔יו הִנֵּ֥ה בְנִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥א מִמֵּעַ֖י מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֑י

   va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI ve-el-kol-a-va-DAIV hi-NE ve-NI a-sher-ya-TSA mi-ME-ai me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI

   and he said David to Abishai and to all his servants behold my son who came out from my inward parts is seeking my life
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי֙ וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֔יו הִנֵּ֥ה בְנִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥א מִמֵּעַ֖י מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֑י וְאַ֨ף כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֗י הַנִּ֤חוּ לוֹ֙ וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל כִּ֥י אָֽמַר־ל֖וֹ יְהוָֽה׃

   va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI ve-el-kol-a-va-DAIV hi-NE ve-NI a-sher-ya-TSA mi-ME-ai me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI ve-AF ki-a-TA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI ha-NI-khu LO vi-kal-LEL KI a-MAR-lo ye-ho-VAH

   and he said David to Abishai and to all his servants behold my son who came out from my inward parts is seeking my life and indeed surely now a Benjaminite leave him and let him curse for has said to him LORD

Exegesis

The verse begins with the narrative marker vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing David’s address to Abishai and his attendants in the prepositional phrases el Avishai ve’el kol avadav {אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲבָדָיו | ʾel ʾă-vi-šay wə-ʾel kol ʿă-vā-dā-w}, framing the participants.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 aleph–mem–resh

“to say, speak”

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