Job 22:1:4Job.22.1.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAR
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmar/
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 employs the vav consecutive in both vayya'an {וַ֭יַּעַן | wayya‛an} ‘and he answered’ and vayyo'amer {וַיֹּאמַֽר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, a standard Hebrew narrative device for introducing direct speech in wisdom literature.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Job 22:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said.
About this coordinate
Job 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 22:1, 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.22.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.1.W4.S1) and character.