2 Samuel 18:14:12 Sam.18.14.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yo-AV
- clause
va-YO-mer yo-AV lo-KHEN o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV lo-KHEN o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha va-yik-KAKH she-lo-SHA she-va-TIM be-KHA-po va-yit-ka-EM be-LEV av-sha-LOM o-de-NU KHAI be-LEV ha-e-LA
Exegesis
The verse unfolds in a rapid vav-consecutive sequence: wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō'mer} ‘and he said’, wayyiqakh {וַיִּקַּח | wayyīqqāḥ} ‘and he took’, and wayyitqaem {וַיִּתקָעֵם | wayyitqā'em} ‘and he thrust them’, which propels the narrative forward.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said, “I will not linger like this before you.” Then he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the heart of the oak tree.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.14.W1.S1) and character.