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
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER la-HEN
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.