Numbers 14:41:1Num.14.41.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“But said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoː-MEHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- But 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 la-MAH zeh a-TEM ov-RIM et-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH la-MAH zeh a-TEM ov-RIM et-PI Ye-ho-VAH ve-HU LO tits-LAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayyoʾmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct discourse.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, “Why is this —are you transgressing the command of the LORD ? For it will not succeed.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:41, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.14.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.41.W1.S1) and character.