2 Samuel 21:5:12 Sam.21.5.W1TAB
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joːməˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-ME-ru
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh ha-ISH a-SHER kil-LA-nu va-a-SHER dim-MA-la-NU
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh ha-ISH a-SHER kil-LA-nu va-a-SHER dim-MA-la-NU nish-ma-DE-nu me-hit-ya-TSEV be-KHOL-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the waw-consecutive in vayomeru {וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmerû} ‘and they said’, signaling direct address to the king.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:5
And they said to the king, “The man who destroyed us and who plotted against us—we have been destroyed from standing anywhere within all the territory of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 21:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (vayomeru) 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.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.5.W1.S1) and character.