Genesis 17:18:1Gen.17.18.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and said
- French
- et dit
- Spanish
- y dijo
- Russian
- и сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- और कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就说
- Swahili
- akasema
- Twi
- na ɔkaa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM LU yi-she-ma-EL yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 17:18
Abraham and said to the God if only Ishmael might live before you
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.17.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W1.S1) and character.