2 Samuel 19:25:62 Sam.19.25.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:26
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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 LO
- clause
va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
Exegesis
Dialogue is introduced by way·yō·mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’, with the indirect object lō {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.19.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.25.W6.S1) and character.