Genesis 18:32:11Gen.18.32.W11TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“{And} He said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /waj.jo.ˈmɛr/
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 ba-a-VUR ha-a-sa-RA
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-dab-RA akh-ha-PA-am u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM a-sa-RA va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-a-sa-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} “and he said,” continuing the dialogue between Abraham and the divine interlocutor.
The divine response, again introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}, answers Abraham’s proposal directly: lo ashkhit {לֹא אַשְׁחִית | lōʾ ʾaš-ḥît} “I will not destroy” uses a Hiphil imperfect with explicit first person, forming a strong promissory statement.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 18:32
Then he said, “Please, let not Your anger burn, my Lord . Let me speak only this once . Perhaps ten will be found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:32:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:32, 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.18.32.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.32.W11.S1) and character.