Genesis 20:4:5Gen.20.4.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר
vayomar
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /waj.joː.ˈmar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG
- sentence
va-a-vi-ME-lekh LO ka-RAV e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּאמַר | va-yō-mar} signals the start of direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not approached her, and he said, “Lord , will You put to death even a righteous nation?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 20:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (vayomar) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.4.W5.S1) and character.