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
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 me-fi-VO-shet
- clause
va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH
- 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 context — 2 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.