Exodus 1:18:4Exod.1.18.W4PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

and said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and said
French
et dit
Spanish
y dijo
Portuguese
e disse
German
und sagte
Russian
и сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
और कहा
Chinese-Simplified
并说
Korean
그리고 말했다
Indonesian
dan berkata
Bengali
এবং বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እና አለ
Yoruba
si sọ
Igbo
wee sị
Twi
na ɔkae
Ewe
eye wòdo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER la-HEN

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT va-yo-MER la-HEN mad-DU-a a-si-TEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH va-te-khai-YE-na ET-ha-ye-la-DIM

In contextExodus 1:18

and called the king of Egypt to the midwives and said to them why have you done the matter this and kept alive the boys

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 1:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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 Exod.1.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.18.W4.S1) and character.