Jonah 4:2:3Jonah.4.2.W3TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֗ר
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmaːr/
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
- clause
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA
- sentence
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA KI ya-da-TI KI a-TA el-kha-NUN ve-ra-KHUM E-rekh a-PA-yim ve-rav-KHE-sed ve-ni-KHAM al-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The verse opens with two sequential wayyiqtol clauses, vayitpallel {וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל | way-yit-pal-lēl} ‘and he prayed’ followed by vayomer {וַיֹּאמַ֗ר | way-yōmar} ‘and he said,’ moving from action to direct speech and marking Jonah’s prayer as a protest.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please, LORD, is this not my word while I was still on my land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and compassionate, slow to anger, great in steadfast love, and relenting concerning the calamity.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jonah 4:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (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 Jonah.4.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.2.W3.S1) and character.