Genesis 12:18:4Gen.12.18.W4PAT

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

vayomer

said

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

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at nagsabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kae
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֕א + 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. clause

    va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI

  3. sentence

    va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI LA-ma lo-hi-GAD-ta LI KI ish-te-KHA HI

In contextGenesis 12:18

Pharaoh called Abram said what is this you have done to me why you did not tell to me that she is your wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 12:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.12.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.18.W4.S1) and character.