Jonah 4:8:17Jonah.4.8.W17TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-yish-AL et-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER TOV mo-TI me-kha-YAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH va-ye-MAN e-lo-HIM RU-akh ka-DIM kha-ri-SHIT va-TAKH ha-she-MESH al-ROSH yo-NA va-yit-al-LAF va-yish-AL et-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER TOV mo-TI me-kha-YAI
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Jonah 4:8
And it happened, when the sun rose, that God appointed a scorching wind from the east, and the sun struck Jonah on the head so that he fainted. Then he asked for his life to die and said, “My death is better than my life.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jonah 4:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (vayomer) 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.4.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.8.W17.S1) and character.