Numbers 23:3:1Num.23.3.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yooh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vajjoːˈmɛr/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER bil-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER bil-AM le-va-LAK hit-ya-TSEV al-o-la-TE-kha ve-el-KHA u-LAI yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH lik-ra-TI ud-VAHR ma-yar-E-ni ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER bil-AM le-va-LAK hit-ya-TSEV al-o-la-TE-kha ve-el-KHA u-LAI yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH lik-ra-TI ud-VAHR ma-yar-E-ni ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH va-ye-LEKH she-FI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav-consecutive `vayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’`, introducing Balaam’s direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD may meet me, and whatever word He shows me I will declare to you.” Then he went to a barren height.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.23.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W1.S1) and character.