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

Result
וַ + יֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer la-ra-SHA la-MA ta-KEH re-E-kha

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.