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
- 说
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- nagsabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- wí
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- 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 Ye-ho-VAH
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.