Judges 15:7:1Judg.15.7.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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 im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT KI im-nik-KAM-ti va-KHEM ve-a-KHAR e-KHDAL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}, introducing direct speech by shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | Šimšōn}.
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to speak, declare”
In context — Judges 15:7
Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you; and afterward, I will cease.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:7, 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.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.7.W1.S1) and character.