Judges 16:26:1Judg.16.26.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
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 shim-sHON
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM ve-esh-a-EN a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive prefix on vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and said’, marking direct speech.
In context — Judges 16:26
And Samson said to the youth who was holding him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house stands, that I may lean on them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.16.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W1.S1) and character.