2 Samuel 16:3:52 Sam.16.3.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 tsi-VA
- clause
va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
Exegesis
The verse opens with wayyômer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyômer} ‘and he said,’ using the vav-consecutive with Qal imperfect to introduce the king’s speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, speak”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, “Where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem , for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.16.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.3.W5.S1) and character.