Exodus 19:23:1Exod.19.23.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vahyohmer
“And he said”
- Transliteration
- vah-yoh-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vajjoˈʔɛmɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
vah-yoh-MER
- phraseyour reading level
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH
- clause
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI
- sentence
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, a narrative marker introducing direct speech.
In context — Exodus 19:23
Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vahyohmer) 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.19.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W1.S1) and character.