Judges 16:23:9Judg.16.23.W9TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vajjoːmˈrɔːuː/
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
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru na-TAN e-lo-HEI-nu be-ya-DE-nu ET shim-SHON o-ye-VEI-nu
- sentence
ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA va-yo-ME-ru na-TAN e-lo-HEI-nu be-ya-DE-nu ET shim-SHON o-ye-VEI-nu
Exegesis
Vav consecutive in way-yōʾămrû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-ʾăm-rû} shifts to reported speech.
In context — Judges 16:23
And the princes of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon and to rejoice; and they said, "Our god has given Samson, our enemy, into our hand."
About this coordinate
Judges 16:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (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.16.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.23.W9.S1) and character.