Joshua 22:26:1Josh.22.26.W1TAB
וַנֹּ֕אמֶר
vanomer
“So we said”
- Transliteration
- va-NO-mer
- Extended
- vah-NOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vanːoˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- So we said
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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-NO-mer
- clause
va-NO-mer na-a-SE-NA la-NU liv-NOT et-ham-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-NO-mer na-a-SE-NA la-NU liv-NOT et-ham-miz-BE-akh LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZA-vakh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vanomer {וַנֹּ֕אמֶר | wan-nō-ʾā-mer} ‘and we said,’ introducing reported speech.
In context — Joshua 22:26
So we said, “Let us now build an altar for ourselves—not for burnt offering , and not for sacrifice.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:26, so the Hebrew word וַנֹּ֕אמֶר (vanomer) 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.22.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.26.W1.S1) and character.