Judges 18:4:1Judg.18.4.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
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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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, shifting into direct discourse.
In context — Judges 18:4
And he said to them, “Such and such has Micah done for me; he has hired me, and I have become his priest .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:4, 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.18.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.4.W1.S1) and character.