Judges 18:6:1Judg.18.6.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
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 la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM ha-ko-HEN le-KHU le-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM ha-ko-HEN le-KHU le-sha-LOM NO-khakh Ye-ho-VAH dar-ke-KHEM a-SHER TE-le-KHU-va
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive construction vayomer {וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech.
In context — Judges 18:6
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The road you are taking lies before the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.6.W1.S1) and character.