Exodus 16:3:1Exod.16.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ
vayomru
“{And They} said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jomˈruː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM
- clause
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomru {וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ | way-yōm-rû} ‘and they said’, a wayyiqtol form introducing the lament.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Exodus 16:3
And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (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.16.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W1.S1) and character.