Genesis 15:7:1Gen.15.7.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
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 e-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, a waw-consecutive form that continues the preceding scene and introduces direct speech.
In context — Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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 Gen.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W1.S1) and character.