Haggai 2:13:9Hag.2.13.W9TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːməˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-ya-a-NU ha-ko-ha-NIM va-yo-me-RU 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
wayyōmerû {וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ ... וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | wayyaʿnû ... wayyōmerû} presents the priests as authorized adjudicators, and the bare imperfect yiṭmāʾ {יִטְמָֽא | yiṭmāʾ} gives the decisive verdict, emphasizing certainty: “It becomes unclean.”
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 2:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Haggai 2:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (vayomeru) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Hag.2.13.W9.S1) and character.