Job 19:1:3Job.19.1.W3TAB
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 i-YOV va-yo-MAR
Exegesis
The clause is a conventional Hebrew speech frame built from a wayyiqtol chain: vayan {וַיַּעַן | wayyaʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by vayomar {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyōʾmar} ‘and he said.’
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Job 19:1
Then Job answered and said :
About this coordinate
Job 19:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:1, 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.19.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.1.W3.S1) and character.