Numbers 23:16:7Num.23.16.W7TAB

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר

vayomer

and said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vajˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and said

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֛א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MER

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh

to say

In contextNumbers 23:16

And the LORD met Balaam, and He put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (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.23.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.16.W7.S1) and character.