וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙

   va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel

   and he said Ahithophel
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם בּ֚וֹא אֶל־פִּלַגְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִנִּ֖יחַ לִשְׁמ֣וֹר הַבָּ֑יִת

   va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM BO el-pi-lag-SHE a-VI-kha a-SHER hi-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit

   and he said Ahithophel to Absalom go in to the concubines of your father which he left to keep the house
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם בּ֚וֹא אֶל־פִּלַגְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִנִּ֖יחַ לִשְׁמ֣וֹר הַבָּ֑יִת וְשָׁמַ֤ע כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּֽי־נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֔יךָ וְחָ֣זְק֔וּ יְדֵ֖י כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתָּֽךְ׃

   va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM BO el-pi-lag-SHE a-VI-kha a-SHER hi-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit ve-sha-MA kol-yis-ra-EL ki-niv-ASHTA et-a-VI-kha ve-khaz-KU ye-DE kol-a-SHER i-TAKH

   and he said Ahithophel to Absalom go in to the concubines of your father which he left to keep the house and will hear all Israel that you have made yourself a stench {direct object} your father and will be strengthened the hands of all who with you

Exegesis

The verse begins with wayyōmer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech from ʾăḥîṯōp̄el {אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ | ʾăḥîṯōp̄el}.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר🔊 aleph–mem–resh

“to say, speak”

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