Numbers 22:12:1Num.22.12.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
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-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM LO ta-OR et-ha-AM KI ba-RUKH HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vayyōmer} ‘and he said’, which transitions into direct discourse.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 22:12
And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:12, 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.22.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.12.W1.S1) and character.