Genesis 16:10:1Gen.16.10.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} 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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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
Exegesis
The verse continues the narrative with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yōʾmer} ‘and he said’, introducing divine speech.
In context — Genesis 16:10
And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:10, 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 Gen.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W1.S1) and character.