Numbers 14:4:1Num.14.4.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomroo
“And they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-ROO
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vajjoːmˈruː/
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 | 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-yom-ROO
- clause
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv
- sentence
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | va-yō-merū} ‘and they said,’ using the vav-consecutive to introduce direct speech and sequential action.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:4
And each man said to his brother, “Let us appoint a leader and let us return to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (vayomroo) 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.14.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.4.W1.S1) and character.