Genesis 48:2:3Gen.48.2.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-yag-GED le-ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer hin-NE bin-KHA yo-SEF BA e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yag-GED le-ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer hin-NE bin-KHA yo-SEF BA e-LE-kha va-yit-kha-ZEK yis-ra-EL va-YE-shev al-ha-mit-TA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative wayyiqtol chain through vayagged {וַיַּגֵּד | wayyaggēḏ} ‘and he told’ and vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, marking sequential past events in standard Hebrew narrative prose.
In context — Genesis 48:2
And someone told Jacob and said, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed.
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 48:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.48.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.2.W3.S1) and character.