Genesis 15:7:1Gen.15.7.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

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

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + 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-YO-mer e-LAV

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-ri-she-TAH

In contextGenesis 15:7

he said to him I LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give to you the land this to possess it

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W1.S1) and character.