Deuteronomy 18:17:1Deut.18.17.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- قال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말했다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH eh-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH eh-LAI hee-TEE-voo a-SHER dih-beh-ROO
In context — Deuteronomy 18:17
LORD said to me in what they spoke they were right
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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 Deut.18.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.17.W1.S1) and character.