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Hebrew
Verb
וַיֹּאמֶר • (vayómer) (Biblical Hebrew pausal form וַיֹּאמַר)
- 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