Genesis 16:5:1Gen.16.5.W1PAT
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר
vatomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказала
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالت
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- nagsabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለች
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-to-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM
- clause
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha
- sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 16:5
Sarai said to Abram my wrong upon you I gave my maidservant into your bosom she saw that she had conceived I was despised in her eyes LORD may judge between me and you
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:5, 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.16.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.5.W1.S1) and character.