2 Samuel 19:34:12 Sam.19.34.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:35
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer bar-zil-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer bar-zil-LAI el-ha-ME-lekh kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI kha-YAI ki-e-E-le et-ha-ME-lekh ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, a vav-consecutive qal imperfect that propels the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:34
And Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:34, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.19.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.34.W1.S1) and character.