Joshua 15:16:1Josh.15.16.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ka-LEV
- clause
va-yo-MER ka-LEV a-SHER-ya-KEH ET-kir-YAT-SE-fer u-le-ka-DAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ka-LEV a-SHER-ya-KEH ET-kir-YAT-SE-fer u-le-ka-DAH ve-na-TA-ti LO ET-akh-SA bit-TI le-ish-HA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the speech marker vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vā-yō-ʾmer} ‘and he said’, signaling direct discourse.
In context — Joshua 15:16
And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-Sepher and captures it, then I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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 Josh.15.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.16.W1.S1) and character.