Exodus 4:18:16Exod.4.18.W16PAT
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
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
- 就说
- Korean
- 그리고 말했다
- Indonesian
- dan berkata
- Bengali
- আর বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- እና አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sì sọ
- Igbo
- o wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkae
- Ewe
- eye gblɔ
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 yit-RO
- clause
va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM
In context — Exodus 4:18
and went Moses and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him let me go please and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive and said Jethro to Moses go in peace
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 4:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.4.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.18.W16.S1) and character.