Numbers 22:14:6Num.22.14.W6TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MRU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MRUU
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmru/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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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Word in context
- word
va-yo-MRU
- clause
va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu sa-REI mo-AV va-ya-VO-u el-ba-LAK va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequential vav-consecutive narrative with imperfect verbs—vayakumu {וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ | wayyāqūmû} ‘and they arose’, vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | wayyāḇō’û} ‘and they came’, vayomru {וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | wayyō’merû} ‘and they said’—to convey rapid action.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 22:14
So the princes of Moab arose and came to Balak, and they said, “Balaam has refused to go with us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (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.22.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.14.W6.S1) and character.