Judges 18:5:1Judg.18.5.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-ME-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-ME-ru LO
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative verb vayyomru {וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said,’ employing a vav-consecutive for narrative continuity.
In context — Judges 18:5
And they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will succeed.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.5.W1.S1) and character.