Judges 15:6:1Judg.15.6.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛ.ruː/
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 pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH
Exegesis
The verse frames a dialogue with the repetitive term vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said,’ marking both the inquiry and the response.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:6
The Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” Then the Philistines went up and burned her and her father with fire.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (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.15.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.6.W1.S1) and character.