Numbers 22:30:17Num.22.30.W17TAB
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- clause
va-yo-MER LO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The clause concludes with vayomer {וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’ and the negative particle lo {לֹֽא׃ | lōʾ} ‘no’. This structure highlights relational dynamics and rhetorical force through sequential verb forms, relative constructions, and infinitive emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to speak”
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.22.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W17.S1) and character.