Judges 19:9:7Judg.19.9.W7TAB
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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA
- clause
va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha
- sentence
va-YA-kam ha-ISH la-LE-khet HU u-pi-lag-SHO ve-na-a-RO va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha
Exegesis
Dialogue is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ with lo {ל֣וֹ | lō} ‘to him’ marking indirect address.
In context — Judges 19:9
And the man rose up to go—he, his concubine, and his servant. But his father-in-law, the father of the girl, said to him, “Behold, please, the day has grown slack toward evening. Please spend the night; behold, the day is ending. Stay here and it will be well with your heart . In the morning you shall rise early for your journey, and you may go to your tent.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 19:9, 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.19.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.9.W7.S1) and character.