Genesis 16:2:1Gen.16.2.W1PAT

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר

vatomer

said

Transliteration
va-to-MER
Extended
vah-toh-MEHR
IPA
/va.toˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказала
Arabic-Simplified
وقالت
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለች
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תֹּ֨א + מֶר
va + to + mer
vatomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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-to-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-to-MER sa-RAI

  3. clause

    va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na

  4. sentence

    va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI

In contextGenesis 16:2

Sarai said to Abram look now LORD has restrained me from childbearing go in please to my maidservant perhaps I will be built up through her Abram listened to the voice of Sarai

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (vatomer) 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.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W1.S1) and character.