Genesis 16:9:1Gen.16.9.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.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
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kae
- 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 LAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH SHU-vi el-ge-vir-TEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH SHU-vi el-ge-vir-TEKH ve-hit-a-NI TA-khat ya-DE-ha
In context — Genesis 16:9
angel of LORD said to her return to your mistress and humble yourself under her hands
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.16.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.9.W1.S1) and character.