Genesis 21:22:4Gen.21.22.W4TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
Exegesis
The connector vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the compound subject Avimelekh ûpîḵōl {אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וּפִיכֹל֙ | ʾăvîmeleḵ ûpîḵōl}, further defined by the construct sar-ṣəvāʾô {שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ | śar-ṣəvāʾô} ‘commander of his army’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say; to utter”
In context — Genesis 21:22
And it was then that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham and declared, “God is with you in every thing you do.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.22.W4.S1) and character.