Judges 15:10:7Judg.15.10.W7TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive in vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said,’ framing the dialogue.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:10
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come to bind Samson and to do to him just as he did to us."
About this coordinate
Judges 15:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (vayomeru) 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.15.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.10.W7.S1) and character.