Exodus 16:15:12Exod.16.15.W12TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
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 mo-SHE
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA
Exegesis
The narrative shifts with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing Mosheh’s clarification.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Exodus 16:15
When the sons of Israel saw it, they said each man to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat ."
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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 Exod.16.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.15.W12.S1) and character.