וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

   va-YO-mer

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן

   va-YO-mer shim-SHON

   and he said Samson
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם

   va-YO-mer shim-SHON bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR kha-MOR kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim

   and he said Samson with the jawbone of the donkey a heap two heaps
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר הִכֵּ֖יתִי אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

   va-YO-mer shim-SHON bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR kha-MOR kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR hi-KEI-ti E-lef ISH

   and he said Samson with the jawbone of the donkey a heap two heaps with the jawbone of the donkey I struck a thousand man or men

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav consecutive wayyomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ followed by the speaker shimshon {שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן | šimšōn} ‘Samson.’

Root and etymology

’-m-r🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to speak, declare”

• 🔊 אָמְרָה’am-râutteranceGenesis 15:1