Job 18:1:4Job.18.1.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
vayomar
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 bil-DAD ha-shu-KHI va-yo-MAR
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol wayyomar {וַיֹּאמַֽר | wayyōʾmar} ‘and he said’ functions as a conventional speech-launch formula; English can preserve the full idiom (“answered and said”) for formal cadence, or compress it to a single reporting verb while still representing one continuous introduction to the ensuing speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Job 18:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
About this coordinate
Job 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 18:1, 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.18.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.1.W4.S1) and character.