Hebrew edit

Verb edit

וַיֹּאמֶר (vayómer) (Biblical Hebrew pausal form וַיֹּאמַר)

  1. Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of אָמַר (amár): (and) (he/it) said
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:13, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיֹּאמֶר לָרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶךָ
      vayómer larashá láma také reécha
      and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:14, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּירָא מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמַר אָכֵן נוֹדַע הַדָּבָר
      vayirá moshé vayomár achén nodá hadavár
      And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known