Genesis 49:29:3Gen.49.29.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vaiyomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- vai-YO-mer
- Extended
- vai-YOH-mer
- IPA
- /vaj.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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The word
Word in context
- word
vai-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM
- clause
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI
- sentence
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI el-ham-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ef-RON ha-khit-TI
Exegesis
The verse employs two sequential vav-consecutive verbs vayetsav {וַיְצַו | wayəṣaw} ‘and he commanded’ followed by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō-mer} ‘and he said’, marking narrative progression and the introduction of direct speech.
In context — Genesis 49:29
Then he instructed them and said, “I am about to be gathered to my people ; inter me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 49:29, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vaiyomer) 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.49.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.29.W3.S1) and character.