2 Samuel 24:21:72 Sam.24.21.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER da-VID
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-ra-VE-na mad-DU-a BA a-do-NI-ha-ME-lekh el-AV-do va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
The dialogue opens with the vav-consecutive form vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | va-yo-mer} ‘and he said’, marking both Araunah’s and David’s speech.
In context — 2 Samuel 24:21
And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD so that the plague may be stopped from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 24:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.24.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.24.21.W7.S1) and character.