Numbers 16:28:1Num.16.28.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמֶר
vayomer
“And said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-YO-mer
- 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
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH be-ZOT te-de-UN ki-ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-ma-a-SIM ha-e-LEH ki-LO mi-li-BI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ using the vav-consecutive to introduce direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-rayin-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, “By this you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works , for it was not from my own heart.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר (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.16.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.28.W1.S1) and character.