Exodus 2:13:8Exod.2.13.W8TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“{And} He said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer la-ra-SHA la-MA ta-KEH re-E-kha
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ba-YOM ha-she-NI ve-hin-NEH she-nei-a-na-SHIM iv-RIM nit-TSIM va-YO-mer la-ra-SHA la-MA ta-KEH re-E-kha
Exegesis
Dialogue begins with vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ addressing larasha {לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע | lārāšāʿ} ‘the wicked one’.
In context — Exodus 2:13
He went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the wicked one, “Why do you strike your companion ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 2:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.2.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.13.W8.S1) and character.