2 Samuel 21:1:142 Sam.21.1.W14TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV bi-ME da-VID sha-LOSH sha-NIM sha-NA a-kha-RE sha-NA va-ye-vak-KESH da-VID et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
In context — 2 Samuel 21:1
Now it came to pass in the days of David that there was a famine for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, “It is on account of Saul and of the house of blood , because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 21:1, 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.21.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.1.W14.S1) and character.