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
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 le-av-RAM
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.