Genesis 16:6:1Gen.16.6.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말했다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer av-RAM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-sa-RAI hi-NEH shif-kha-TEKH be-ya-DEKH a-si-LAH ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-sa-RAI hi-NEH shif-kha-TEKH be-ya-DEKH a-si-LAH ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh va-te-a-NE-ha sa-RAI va-tiv-RAKH mip-pa-NE-ha
In context — Genesis 16:6
Abram said to Sarai behold your maidservant in your hand do to her what is good in your eyes Sarai mistreated her she fled from before her
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.6.W1.S1) and character.