Genesis 15:8:1Gen.15.8.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.ˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó wí
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- eɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֑ר
↓
va + yo + mar
↓
vayomar
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH ba-MAH e-DA KI i-ra-SHEN-na
In context — Genesis 15:8
he said Lord LORD how shall I know that I shall inherit it
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.15.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.8.W1.S1) and character.