Numbers 20:3:4Num.20.3.W4TAB
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomru
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MRU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-EM-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joʔəmˈruː/
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MRU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MRU le-MOR
- clause
va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The speech formula vayomeru lemaor {וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵאמֹ֔ר | way-yō-ʾə-rū lē-ʾê-môr} anchors the ensuing quote.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Numbers 20:3
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD ."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomru) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W4.S1) and character.