Genesis 15:13:1Gen.15.13.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkae
Ewe
eɖo

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 le-av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA

In contextGenesis 15:13

he said to Abram surely you will know your offspring will be that a sojourner in a land that does not belong to them they will serve them they will afflict them four hundred years

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:13, 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.15.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W1.S1) and character.