Numbers 20:10:7Num.20.10.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם
vayomer lahem
“and he said to them”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer la-HEM
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr lah-HEM
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said to them
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
With vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, the narrative transitions to direct speech, signaled by the imperative shim’u-na {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא֙ | šimʿū-nāʾ} ‘hear now’, combining a command with entreaty.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם (vayomer lahem) 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.20.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W7.S1) and character.