Numbers 23:18:3Num.23.18.W3TAB

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

vayomar

and said

Transliteration
va-yo-MAR
Extended
vah-yoh-MAHR
IPA
/vajˈjoːmar/

Meaning by language

English
and said

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Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֑ר
va + yo + mar
vayomar

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MAR

  2. clause

    va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR

  3. sentence

    va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR KOOM ba-LAK u-she-MA ha-a-zi-NA a-DAI be-NO tsee-POR

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-mem-resh

to speak

In contextNumbers 23:18

Then he lifted up his proverb and said: "Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor."

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:18, 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.23.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.18.W3.S1) and character.