Numbers 22:16:3Num.22.16.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ
vayomru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MRU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MRU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MRU LO
- clause
va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
Exegesis
The phrase vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | vāyōmerū} ‘and they said’ plus lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’ functions as a messenger formula introducing the direct quotation.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-mem-resh
“to say, speak, declare”
In context — Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not withhold yourself from coming to me .’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 22:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (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.22.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.16.W3.S1) and character.