Genesis 20:13:8Gen.20.13.W8TAB
וָאֹמַ֣ר
vaomar
“{And} I said”
- Transliteration
- va-o-MAR
- Extended
- vah-oh-MAHR
- IPA
- /waː.ʔo.ˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-o-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-o-MAR LAH
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The following wayyiqtol wayʾōmar {וָאֹמַ֣ר | wā-ʾō-mar} ‘and I said’ transitions into reported speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Genesis 20:13
And it happened that when God caused me to wander from my father’s house , I said to her, “This is your kindness which you shall do for me: in every place we reach, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word וָאֹמַ֣ר (vaomar) 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.20.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W8.S1) and character.