Genesis 16:8:1Gen.16.8.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמַ֗ר
vayomar
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- él dijo
- Portuguese
- ele disse
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱ አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- eɖo
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yo-MAR ha-GAR shi-fe-KHAT sa-RAI ei-miz-ZEH VAT ve-A-na te-le-KHI
- sentence
va-yo-MAR ha-GAR shi-fe-KHAT sa-RAI ei-miz-ZEH VAT ve-A-na te-le-KHI va-TO-mer mi-pe-NEI sa-RAI ge-vir-TI a-no-KHI bo-ra-KHAT
In context — Genesis 16:8
he said Hagar maidservant of Sarai from where have you come and to where are you going I fleeing from my mistress Sarai she said
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.8.W1.S1) and character.