Genesis 14:22:1Gen.14.22.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

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
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + 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 av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer av-RAM el-ME-lekh se-DOM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-RAM el-ME-lekh se-DOM ha-ri-MO-ti ya-DI el-Ye-ho-VAH EL el-YON ko-NEH sha-MA-yim va-A-rets

In contextGenesis 14:22

Abram said to the king of Sodom I have lifted my hand to the LORD God Most High possessor of heavens and earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.14.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.22.W1.S1) and character.