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
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-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- 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 context — Numbers 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.