Genesis 19:14:7Gen.19.14.W7TAB
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-ye-TSE LOT va-ye-da-BER el-kha-ta-NAV lo-ke-KHEI ve-no-TAV va-yo-MER KU-mu tse-U min-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-ma-she-KHIT Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-IR
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LOT va-ye-da-BER el-kha-ta-NAV lo-ke-KHEI ve-no-TAV va-yo-MER KU-mu tse-U min-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-ma-she-KHIT Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-IR va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
Exegesis
Vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the imperatives kumu {קוּמוּ | qûmû} ‘get up’ and tse'u {צְּאוּ | ṣəʾû} ‘go out’, forming an urgent exhortation.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, those who had taken his daughters, and said, “Get up, go out from this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed like one joking.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:14, 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.19.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.14.W7.S1) and character.