Judges 18:8:5Judg.18.8.W5TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ
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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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
Exegesis
The clause resumes with the vav-consecutive on way-yō-me-rū {וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ | way-yō-me-rū} ‘and they said’, followed by the dative lā-hem {לָהֶ֛ם | lā-hem} ‘to them’ and the construct ʾă-ḥê-hēm {אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾă-ḥê-hēm} ‘their brothers’ clarifying the speaker.
In context — Judges 18:8
And they came to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What do you bring?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (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.18.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.8.W5.S1) and character.