Numbers 24:20:5Num.24.20.W5TAB
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-yar et-a-ma-LEK va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yar et-a-ma-LEK va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR re-shit go-YIM a-ma-LEK ve-a-kha-ri-TO a-DEI o-VED
Exegesis
The conjunctional phrases {וַיִּשָּׂ֥א | wayyiṣaʼ} ‘and he lifted up’ and {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | wayyōmar} ‘and he said’ frame the prophetic declaration.
In context — Numbers 24:20
And he saw Amalek and lifted up his oracle, and he said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be utter destruction.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 24:20, 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.24.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.20.W5.S1) and character.