Numbers 23:29:1Num.23.29.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER bil-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NE-li va-ZEH shiv-A miz-be-KHOT
- sentence
va-yo-MER bil-AM el-ba-LAK be-NE-li va-ZEH shiv-A miz-be-KHOT ve-ha-KEN li va-ZEH shiv-A fa-REEM ve-shiv-A ei-LEEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, a vav consecutive Qal imperfect that shifts narrative into direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 23:29
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:29, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.23.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.29.W1.S1) and character.