2 Samuel 19:30:12 Sam.19.30.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:31

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

Result
וַ + יֹּ֤א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} introducing direct speech.

Root and etymology

’-m-r

to say

In context2 Samuel 19:30

And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 19:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:30, 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.19.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.30.W1.S1) and character.