2 Samuel 21:2:42 Sam.21.2.W4TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 a-lei-HEM
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh la-giv-o-NIM va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh la-giv-o-NIM va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM ve-ha-giv-o-NIM LO mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-ma KI im-mi-YE-ter ha-e-mo-RI u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL nish-be-U la-HEM va-ye-vak-KESH sha-UL le-ha-ko-TAM be-kan-no-a-TO liv-nei-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA
In context — 2 Samuel 21:2
And the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. The Gibeonites were not of the descendants of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn to them, yet Saul, in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah , sought to strike them down.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 21:2, 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.21.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.2.W4.S1) and character.