Exodus 5:3:1Exod.5.3.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomroo
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-ROO
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joʔm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they said
- French
- et ils dirent
- Spanish
- y dijeron
- Portuguese
- e disseram
- German
- und sie sagten
- Russian
- и они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 말하였다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka berkata
- Bengali
- আর তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- na wakasema
- Amharic
- እነርሱም አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn si wi
- Igbo
- ha wee sị
- Twi
- na wɔkae
- Ewe
- eye wogblɔ be
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-ROO
- clause
va-yom-ROO e-lo-HE ha-iv-RIM nik-RA a-LE-nu
- sentence
va-yom-ROO e-lo-HE ha-iv-RIM nik-RA a-LE-nu ne-la-KHA NA DE-rekh she-LO-shet ya-MIM ba-mid-BAR ve-niz-be-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu pen-yif-ga-E-nu ba-DE-ver OH ve-KHA-rev
In context — Exodus 5:3
and they said the God of the Hebrews has met upon us let us go please a journey of three days in the wilderness and let us sacrifice to the LORD our God lest he strike us with the pestilence or with the sword
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 5:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomroo) 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.5.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.3.W1.S1) and character.