Numbers 16:8:1Num.16.8.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“And Moses said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- And Moses 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
- clause
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-KO-rakh ve-shim-U-NA be-NEI le-VI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav-consecutive in vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vayyōmer} ‘and-he-said’, shifting directly into speech.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-rayin-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 16:8
And Moses said to Korah , “Hear now, sons of Levi .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.8.W1.S1) and character.