Jeremiah 21:3:1Jer.21.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yir-me-YA-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer yir-me-YA-hu a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer yir-me-YA-hu a-le-HEM KO to-me-RUN el-tsid-ki-YA-hu
Exegesis
The narrative shifts into direct speech with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ followed by the subject yirmeyahu {יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ | yir-mə-yā-hû} ‘Jeremiah’ and the prepositional phrase alehem {אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾă-lê-hem} ‘to them,’ indicating the first audience.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 21:3
Jeremiah said to them, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.3.W1.S1) and character.