Numbers 16:22:3Num.16.22.W3TAB
וַיֹּאמְרוּ
vayomru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jomˈruː/
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-RU
- clause
va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-yom-RU EL e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT
- sentence
va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-yom-RU EL e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT le-KHOL-ba-SAR ha-ISH e-KHAD ye-khe-TA ve-AL kol-ha-e-DA tik-TSOF
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with successive vav-consecutive imperfect verbs starting with vayyippəlu {וַיִּפְּלוּ | wayyippəlu} “and they fell” followed by vayyōmerû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} “and they said,” indicating sequential action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-rayin-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces and said, “O God , God of the spirits of all flesh, if one man sins, will You be angry with the entire assembly?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְרוּ (vayomru) 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.16.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.22.W3.S1) and character.