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
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 la-HEM
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.