Numbers 14:11:1Num.14.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH ve-ad-A-na lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI be-KHOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SI-ti be-kir-BO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | va-yo-MER} marking a divine speech introduction, followed by the subject YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-WĀH}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:11
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise Me ? And how long will they not believe in Me in all the signs that I have done among them?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.11.W1.S1) and character.