Numbers 13:30:5Num.13.30.W5TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH
- sentence
va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH
Exegesis
The conjunction vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} introduces the ensuing speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 13:30
And Caleb hushed the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and possess the land , for we are fully able."
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 13:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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 Num.13.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.30.W5.S1) and character.