Numbers 14:13:1Num.14.13.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoˈ-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 mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH ve-sham-U mits-RA-yim ki-he-e-li-TA be-kho-ha-KHA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH mi-keer-VO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav consecutive at the verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vay-yō-ʾmer} ‘and he said’, which introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:13
And Moses said to the LORD , “The Egyptians will hear, for You have brought up this people by Your power from their midst.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.13.W1.S1) and character.