Joshua 18:3:1Josh.18.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- 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 ye-ho-SHU-a
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, a vav-consecutive verb introducing direct speech.
In context — Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers has given you?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.3.W1.S1) and character.