Judges 15:13:1Judg.15.13.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.joːməˈruː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la
Exegesis
The narrative proceeds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmerû} ‘and they said’, which introduces the direct speech via the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmōr} ‘saying’.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:13
They said to him, “No; we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hand, but we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (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.15.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.13.W1.S1) and character.