Numbers 25:4:1Num.25.4.W1TAB
וַיֹּאמֶר
vayomer
“And said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajːoˈmɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh KAKH et-KOL-ra-SHEI ha-AM ve-ho-KA o-TAM la-ye-ho-VAH NE-ged ha-SHE-mesh ve-ya-SHOV kha-RON af-ye-ho-VAH me-AL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wā-yō-mer} ‘and he said,’ using the vav consecutive to continue the discourse.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 25:4
And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the heads of the people and expose them publicly before the LORD, in the sunlight, so that the burning anger of the LORD may turn back from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר (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.25.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.4.W1.S1) and character.