Genesis 11:3:1Gen.11.3.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ
vayomru
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
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
- {并且} 他们说
- Korean
- {그리고} 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} mereka berkata
- Bengali
- {আর} তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi nila
- Swahili
- {Na} walisema
- Amharic
- {እና} እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wọn sọ
- Igbo
- {Na} ha kwuru
- Twi
- {Na} wɔkaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} woɖo
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-RU
- clause
va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA
- sentence
va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
In context — Genesis 11:3
each one {And} they said to his fellow come let us make bricks {And} let us burn for burning the brick {And} became for them as stone and the bitumen was for them for mortar
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (vayomru) 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.11.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W1.S1) and character.