Judges 20:4:7Judg.20.4.W7TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmaːr/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR ha-giv-a-TA a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN ba-TI a-NI u-fi-lag-SHI la-LUN
Exegesis
The second waw-consecutive wayyō’mer {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | wayyō’mer} “and he said” introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“to speak, say”
In context — Judges 20:4
And the Levite , the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “My concubine and I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to lodge .”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.20.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.4.W7.S1) and character.