Genesis 20:11:1Gen.20.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way-yō-ʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing Abraham’s declaration.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, “Because I said, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of the matter of my wife.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:11, 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.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W1.S1) and character.