Numbers 24:23:3Num.24.23.W3TAB
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yo-MAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֑ר
↓
va + yo + mar
↓
vayomar
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
In context — Numbers 24:23
And he lifted up his proverb and said, “Alas! Who can live when God does this ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:23, 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.24.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.23.W3.S1) and character.