Haggai 2:13:1Hag.2.13.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER kha-GAI
- clause
va-yo-MER kha-GAI im-yig-GA te-me-NE-fesh be-khol-E-le ha-yit-MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER kha-GAI im-yig-GA te-me-NE-fesh be-khol-E-le ha-yit-MA va-ya-a-NU ha-ko-ha-NIM va-yo-me-RU yit-MA
Exegesis
The verse advances the dialogue with wayyōmer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ a vav-consecutive narrative form introducing Haggai’s test-case question.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Haggai 2:13
And Haggai said, “If someone unclean by a corpse touches any of these things, will it become unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It will become unclean.”
About this coordinate
Haggai 2:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Haggai 2:13, 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 Hag.2.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hag.2.13.W1.S1) and character.