Numbers 25:5:1Num.25.5.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajːoˈʔɛmer/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-SHOF-tei yis-ra-EL hir-GU EESH a-na-SHAV ha-ni-tza-MI-dim le-va-AL-pe-OR
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vay-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, a Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive that introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph-mem-resh
“to say”
In context — Numbers 25:5
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Kill each man his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:5, 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.25.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.5.W1.S1) and character.