Exodus 18:15:1Exod.18.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.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 le-khot-NO
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ki-ya-VO e-LAI ha-AM lid-ROSH e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, a Qal wayyiqtol form with vav consecutive that advances the storyline.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, speak”
In context — Exodus 18:15
And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.15.W1.S1) and character.