Exodus 18:17:1Exod.18.17.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV lo-TOV ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-TA o-SEH
Exegesis
The clause opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, the standard wayyiqtol narrative form introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to say, speak”
In context — Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 18:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (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.18.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.17.W1.S1) and character.