2 Samuel 19:21:42 Sam.19.21.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:22
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- clause
va-YA-an a-vi-SHAI BEN-tse-ru-YA va-yo-MER ha-TA-khat ZOT LO yu-MAT shim-e-I
- sentence
va-YA-an a-vi-SHAI BEN-tse-ru-YA va-yo-MER ha-TA-khat ZOT LO yu-MAT shim-e-I KI ki-LEL et-me-shi-AKH ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive forms wayya‘an {וַיַּעַן | wayya‘an} ‘and he answered’ and wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ to advance the story.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:21
And Abishai, son of Zeruiah, answered and said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, for he cursed the LORD ’s anointed?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (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.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.21.W4.S1) and character.