Numbers 14:7:1Num.14.7.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayo meru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo- MER-u
- Extended
- vah-YOHM-rew
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmruː/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yo- MER-u
- clause
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR
- sentence
va-yo- MER-u el-KOL-a-DAHT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lei-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-VAR-nu BAH la-TUR o-TAH to-VAH ha-A-retz me-OD me-OD
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayomeru {וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | wə-yō-mə-rû} ‘and they said,’ initiating direct discourse.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 14:7
And they said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, “The land we passed through to spy out is very good, indeed exceedingly .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayo meru) 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.14.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.7.W1.S1) and character.