Genesis 11:6:1Gen.11.6.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sprach
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말씀하셨다
Indonesian
berfirman
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

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 HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH HEN AM e-KHAD ve-sa-FA a-KHAT le-KHUL-LAM ve-ZEH ha-khil-LAM la-a-SOT ve-at-TA lo-yib-ba-TSER me-HEM KOL a-SHER yaz-MU la-a-SOT

In contextGenesis 11:6

LORD said behold people one and language one for all of them and this their beginning to do and now all that plan to do will not be withheld from them

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:6, 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 Gen.11.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.6.W1.S1) and character.