Judges 13:12:1Judg.13.12.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
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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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh
- clause
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TA ya-VO de-va-RE-kha MA-yeh-HE-ye mish-PAT-ha-NA-ar u-ma-a-SE-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | váyyōmer} ‘and he said’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect linking this question to the prior narrative.
In context — Judges 13:12
And Manoach said, “Now when your words come to pass, what will be the rule for the boy , and what is his work?”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:12, 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 Judg.13.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.12.W1.S1) and character.