Exodus 8:20:1Exod.8.20.W1PATWLC Exodus 8:16
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y dijo
- Portuguese
- e disse
- German
- und er sprach
- Russian
- и сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- और कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 又说
- Korean
- 그리고 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- dan berkata
- Bengali
- আর বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱም አለ
- Yoruba
- o si wi
- Igbo
- o wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkaa
- 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma ve-a-MAR-ta e-LAV KOH a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH shal-LAKH am-MI ve-ya-av-DU-ni
In context — Exodus 8:20
and he said LORD to Moses rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh behold he is going out to the water and you shall say to him thus says LORD let go my people that they may serve me
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 8:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.8.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.20.W1.S1) and character.