Exodus 2:18:4Exod.2.18.W4PAT
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y él dijo
- Portuguese
- e ele disse
- German
- und er sagte
- Russian
- и он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他就说
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- dan ia berkata
- Bengali
- আর তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- naye akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱም አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sì sọ
- Igbo
- o wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkae
- Ewe
- eye gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֕א + 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)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
In context — Exodus 2:18
and they came to Reuel their father and he said why you hurried to come today
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 2:18, 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 Exod.2.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W4.S1) and character.