Genesis 12:11:6Gen.12.11.W6PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mer/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi niya
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkae
- Ewe
- egblɔ
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
- clause
va-YO-mer el-sa-RAI i-she-TO hi-ne-NA ya-DA-ti KI i-SHA ye-fat-mar-EH AT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV la-VO mi-tse-RA-ye-ma va-YO-mer el-sa-RAI i-she-TO hi-ne-NA ya-DA-ti KI i-SHA ye-fat-mar-EH AT
In context — Genesis 12:11
it happened when he came near to enter Egypt he said to Sarai his wife look now I know that you are beautiful in appearance a woman
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 12:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.12.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.11.W6.S1) and character.