Genesis 1:28:4Gen.1.28.W4PAT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

vayomer

{And He} said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/waj.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
{并且他}说
Korean
{그리고 그분이} 말씀하셨다
Indonesian
{Dan Dia} berkata
Bengali
{আর তিনি} বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
{Na Yeye} alisema
Amharic
{እርሱም} አለ
Yoruba
{Ati O} sọ
Igbo
{Ma Ọ} kwuru
Twi
{Na Ɔ} kae
Ewe
{Ke Eya} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + 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 la-HEM

  3. clause

    va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM va-YO-mer la-HEM e-lo-HIM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets ve-khiv-SHU-ha

  4. sentence

    va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM va-YO-mer la-HEM e-lo-HIM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets ve-khiv-SHU-ha u-re-DU bid-GAT ha-YAM u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-ve-khol-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set al-ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 1:28

God {And He} blessed them God {And He} said to them be fruitful multiply fill the earth subdue it rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living creature that moves upon the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:28, 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 Gen.1.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.28.W4.S1) and character.