Daniel 12:8:5Dan.12.8.W5TAB
וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה
vaomra
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-OM-RA
- Extended
- vah-OHM-RAA
- IPA
- /wa.ʔomˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-OM-RA
- clause
va-OM-RA a-do-NI MA a-kha-RIT EH-le
- sentence
va-a-NI sha-MA-e-ti ve-LO a-VEEN va-OM-RA a-do-NI MA a-kha-RIT EH-le
Exegesis
The waw and imperfect in vaomrah {וָאֹמְרָה | wā’ōmrā} “and I said” marks the transition to Daniel’s question.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Daniel 12:8
And I heard, but I did not understand; and I said, “My Lord , what will be the end of these things?”
About this coordinate
Daniel 12:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 12:8, so the Hebrew word וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה (vaomra) 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 Dan.12.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.8.W5.S1) and character.