Genesis 19:18:1Gen.19.18.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.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 LOT
- clause
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM al-NA a-do-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wayyō-mer} ‘and he said’, continuing the narrative sequence by linking to the preceding events.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, say”
In context — Genesis 19:18
Lot said to them, “No, my lords , please !”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.18.W1.S1) and character.