Genesis 15:5:4Gen.15.5.W4PAT

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말씀하셨다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
o wi
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
ɔkae
Ewe
eɖo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
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-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma u-se-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL li-se-POR o-TAM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-TSE o-TO ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer ha-bet-NA ha-sha-MAI-ma u-se-FOR ha-ko-kha-VIM im-tu-KHAL li-se-POR o-TAM va-YO-mer LO KO yi-he-YE za-re-E-kha

In contextGenesis 15:5

he brought out him outside he said look now toward the heavens count the stars if you can to count them he said to him your offspring will be thus

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 15:5, 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.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.5.W4.S1) and character.