Numbers 13:27:2Num.13.27.W2TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomru
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MRU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-EM-roo
- IPA
- /vajjoːˈʔəmruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MRU
- clause
va-ye-sap-ru-LO va-yo-MRU BA-nu el-ha-A-retz a-SHER she-lakh-TA-nu
- sentence
va-ye-sap-ru-LO va-yo-MRU BA-nu el-ha-A-retz a-SHER she-lakh-TA-nu ve-GAM za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH HI ve-ZE-PIR-yah
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative sequence using vayesapperu-lo {וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ | way-ye-sap-per-û-lō} ‘and they recounted to him’ combined with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-û} ‘and they said’ to introduce reported speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 13:27
And they recounted to him and said, “We have come to the land you sent us to, and it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:27, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomru) 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 Num.13.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.27.W2.S1) and character.