Judges 16:11:1Judg.16.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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 e-LE-ha
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction and verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, marking direct speech in Hebrew narrative.
In context — Judges 16:11
And he said to her, “If they bind me with new cords that have never borne labor , then I will become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.11.W1.S1) and character.