Exodus 8:5:1Exod.8.5.W1PATWLC Exodus 8:1

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

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 dijo
Portuguese
e disse
German
und er sagte
Russian
и сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
और उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
又说
Korean
그리고 말씀하셨다
Indonesian
dan berkata
Bengali
এবং তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
naye akasema
Amharic
እርሱም አለ
Yoruba
ó sì sọ
Igbo
o wee sị
Twi
na ɔkaa
Ewe
eye gblɔ be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH e-MOR el-a-ha-RON ne-TEH ET-yad-KHA be-mat-TE-kha al-han-ne-ha-ROT al-ha-ye-o-RIM ve-al-ha-a-ga-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH e-MOR el-a-ha-RON ne-TEH ET-yad-KHA be-mat-TE-kha al-han-ne-ha-ROT al-ha-ye-o-RIM ve-al-ha-a-ga-MIM ve-ha-AL ET-ha-tse-far-de-IM al-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextExodus 8:5

and he said LORD to Moses say to Aaron stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers over the canals and over the pools and bring up the frogs upon the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Exodus 8:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 8:5, 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.8.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.5.W1.S1) and character.