Judges 15:3:1Judg.15.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER la-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am mi-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am mi-pe-lish-TIM ki-O-se a-NI im-MAM ra-A
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the waw-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wa-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ establishing sequential action before direct speech.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:3
And Samson said to them, “This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, even if I inflict harm upon them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.3.W1.S1) and character.