Job 15:1:4Job.15.1.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mar
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mahr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mar
- sentence
va-YA-an e-li-FAZ ha-te-ma-NI va-YO-mar
Exegesis
The verse is a short dialogue frame built from two successive wayyiqtol verbs, vayan {וַ֭יַּעַן | wayyaʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by vayomer {וַיֹּאמַֽר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’. This paired sequence is a conventional Hebrew discourse marker that advances the turn-taking of speeches: the first verb signals a response to what precedes, and the second explicitly introduces the coming utterance.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Mem–Resh
“say, speak”
In context — Job 15:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
About this coordinate
Job 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (vayomar) 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 Job.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.1.W4.S1) and character.