Judges 21:8:1Judg.21.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛː.ruː/
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
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru MI e-KHAD mish-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-A-LA el-ye-ho-VAH ham-mits-PA
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru MI e-KHAD mish-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-A-LA el-ye-ho-VAH ham-mits-PA ve-hin-NE LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE miy-ya-VESH gil-AD el-hak-ka-HAL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive imperfect verb vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | va-yo-me-ru} ‘and they said’, signaling direct discourse.
In context — Judges 21:8
And they said, “Who is the one from the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah?” And behold, no man came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (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.21.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.8.W1.S1) and character.