Judges 15:18:5Judg.15.18.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT ve-a-TA a-MUT ba-tsa-MA ve-na-fal-TI be-YAD ha-a-re-LIM
Exegesis
The clause vayyōʾmar {וַיֹּאמַ֔ר | wayyōʾmar} ‘and he said’ introduces his lament, where the construct chain bə-yad-ʿavdəkā {בְיַֽד־עַבְדְּךָ֔ | bə-yad-ʿav-də-kā} and the direct object ʾet-hattešûʾāh {אֶת־הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה | ʾet-hat-te-šû-ʾāh} emphasize divine agency in granting salvation.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:18
He became very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD and said, “You have placed this great deliverance in the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 15:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (vayomar) 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.15.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.18.W5.S1) and character.