Judges 19:17:8Judg.19.17.W8TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-meR
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-meR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN
- clause
va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
- sentence
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
Exegesis
Dialogue is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ with ha-zaken {הַזָּקֵ֛ן | ha-zā-qēn} ‘the old man’ as speaker.
In context — Judges 19:17
And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.19.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W8.S1) and character.