Jeremiah 13:6:5Jer.13.6.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/
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 Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-KAKH mi-SHAM eT-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER tsi-vi-TI-kha le-tam-NO-SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-KETS ya-MIM ra-BIM va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-KAKH mi-SHAM eT-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER tsi-vi-TI-kha le-tam-NO-SHAM
Exegesis
The clause vayomer YHWH elai {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י | wayyōmer Yəhōwāh ʾēlay} ‘and the LORD said to me’ introduces direct divine speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Jeremiah 13:6
And it happened after many days that the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath , and take from there the girdle which I commanded you to hide there.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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 Jer.13.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.6.W5.S1) and character.