Genesis 18:29:5Gen.18.29.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
vayomar
“{And} he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as part of a rapid narrative dialogue marked by repeated wayyiqtol forms: vayosef {וַיֹּסֶף | way-yō-sef} ‘and he continued/added’ and vayomar {וַיֹּאמַר | way-yō-mar; וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ advance the conversation in small, incremental steps.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (vayomar) 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.18.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W5.S1) and character.