Judges 18:23:5Judg.18.23.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joʔmərˈuː/
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 le-mi-KHA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU le-mi-KHA ma-le-KHA KI niz-a-KTA
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-be-NEI-DAN va-ya-SE-bu pe-NEI-hem va-yo-me-RU le-mi-KHA ma-le-KHA KI niz-a-KTA
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs conveying rapid narrative motion: vayiqre’u {וַיִּקְרְאוּ | va-yiqreʾū} ‘and they called’, vayassevu {וַיַּסֵּבּוּ | va-yassēbū} ‘and they turned’, and vayomru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | va-yōmerū} ‘and they said’.
In context — Judges 18:23
And they called to the sons of Dan, and they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What is it with you that you have cried out ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:23, 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.23.W5.S1) and character.