Genesis 18:28:9Gen.18.28.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“{And} he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /waj.joˈmɛr/
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 LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
Exegesis
The second half of the verse is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} “and he said,” whose subject is contextually YHWH, followed by a direct quotation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 18:28
“Perhaps five will be lacking from the fifty righteous . Will You destroy all the city for five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:28, 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 Gen.18.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W9.S1) and character.