Exodus 14:11:1Exod.14.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮
vayomru
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːm.ˈruː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- clause
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive in vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyoʾmerû} ‘and they said’, shifting the Qal imperfect into past narrative and introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say”
In context — Exodus 14:11
And they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? What is this that you have done to us in bringing us out of Egypt ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (vayomru) 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 Exod.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W1.S1) and character.