Exodus 16:8:1Exod.16.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wajˈjoː.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-sheh
- clause
va-YO-mer MO-sheh be-TET Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM ba-E-rev ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL ve-LE-khem ba-BO-ker lis-BO-a bish-MO-a Ye-ho-VAH et-te-loo-no-te-KHEM a-sher-a-TEM mal-li-NIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh be-TET Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM ba-E-rev ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL ve-LE-khem ba-BO-ker lis-BO-a bish-MO-a Ye-ho-VAH et-te-loo-no-te-KHEM a-sher-a-TEM mal-li-NIM a-LAV ve-NAKH-noo MAH lo-a-LEI-noo te-loo-no-te-KHEM KI al-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the wayyiqtol vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ introducing Moses’ speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Exodus 16:8
Moses said, “When the LORD gives you meat in the evening to eat and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD hears your complaints that you raise against Him, what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.8.W1.S1) and character.