Isaiah 39:4:1Isa.39.4.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer MA ra-U be-VE-te-KHA va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu ET KAL-a-SHER be-VE-TI ra-U lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-hir-e-I-tim be-o-tse-ro-TAI
Exegesis
The verse employs two rapid speech formulas with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’ framing both question and reply.
In context — Isaiah 39:4
And he said, “What have they looked at in your house?” And Hezekiah said, “They saw everything that is in my house; I showed them all of it—there was nothing in my treasuries that I did not show them.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 39:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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 Isa.39.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.4.W1.S1) and character.