Jeremiah 24:3:1Jer.24.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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 ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-LAI MA-a-TA ro-E yir-me-YA-hu va-o-MAR te-e-NIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-LAI MA-a-TA ro-E yir-me-YA-hu va-o-MAR te-e-NIM ha-te-e-NIM ha-to-VOT to-VOT me-OD ve-ha-ra-OT ra-OT me-OD a-SHER lo-te-o-KHAL-na me-RO-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} “and he said,” employing the vav-consecutive to introduce divine speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Jeremiah 24:3
And the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, but the bad ones are very bad—so bad that they cannot be eaten because of their badness .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 24:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 24:3, 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.24.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.24.3.W1.S1) and character.