2 Samuel 19:22:12 Sam.19.22.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:23
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 da-VID
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA ki-ti-he-YU-LI ha-YOM le-sa-TAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA ki-ti-he-YU-LI ha-YOM le-sa-TAN ha-YOM yu-MAT ISH be-yis-ra-EL KI ha-LO ya-da-TI KI ha-YOM a-NI-me-LEKH al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ a device that advances the action.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:22
And David said, “What is it to me and to you, sons of Zeruiah , that you should become for me an adversary today? Shall any man in Israel be put to death today? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:22, 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.19.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.22.W1.S1) and character.