Judges 19:13:1Judg.19.13.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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 le-na-a-RO
- clause
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO le-KHA ve-nik-re-VA be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO le-KHA ve-nik-re-VA be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-la-NU va-giv-A O va-ra-MA
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ which shifts into reported speech.
In context — Judges 19:13
And he said to his servant , “Come, let us approach one of the places and let us spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:13, 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.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.13.W1.S1) and character.