Numbers 23:12:2Num.23.12.W2TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-YA-an va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-YA-an va-yo-MAR ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive verbs wayya‘an {וַיַּ֖עַן | wayyā‘an} ‘and he answered’ followed by wayyōmar {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | wayyōmar} ‘and he said’, a Hebrew doublet emphasizing the immediacy of the prophet’s response.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.23.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.12.W2.S1) and character.