Numbers 18:1:1Num.18.1.W1TAB

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

vayomer

and said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vajˈjoːmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֤א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON a-TA u-va-NE-kha u-VEIT-a-VI-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ha-mik-DASH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON a-TA u-va-NE-kha u-VEIT-a-VI-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ha-mik-DASH ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ke-hu-NAT-khem

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunctive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech.

In contextNumbers 18:1

And the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you will bear the guilt of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the guilt of your priesthood.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.18.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.1.W1.S1) and character.