Numbers 20:18:1Num.20.18.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“But he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vajjoˈmer/
Meaning by language
- English
- But he 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 e-la-VU
- clause
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
Exegesis
The narrative opening vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ frames Edom’s report.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 20:18
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I go out to meet you with the sword .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:18, 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.20.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.18.W1.S1) and character.