Genesis 15:9:1Gen.15.9.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV ke-KHA LI eg-LA me-shu-LE-shet ve-EZ me-shu-LE-shet ve-A-yil me-shu-LASH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ke-KHA LI eg-LA me-shu-LE-shet ve-EZ me-shu-LE-shet ve-A-yil me-shu-LASH ve-TOR ve-go-ZAL
Exegesis
The directive opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-ʾmer} “and he said,” linking this command to God’s prior revelation.
In context — Genesis 15:9
And He said to him, “Take for Me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.9.W1.S1) and character.