Genesis 17:19:1Gen.17.19.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.ˈmɛr/
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 ɔkae
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 e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA i-she-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yi-tse-KHAK
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM a-VAL sa-RA i-she-te-KHA yo-LE-det le-KHA BEN ve-ka-RA-ta et-she-MO yi-tse-KHAK va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-be-ri-TI i-TO li-ve-REET o-LAM le-za-re-O a-kha-RAV
In context — Genesis 17:19
God and said but your wife Sarah shall bear for you a son and you shall call his name Isaac and I will establish my covenant with him for a covenant everlasting to his offspring after him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.17.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.19.W1.S1) and character.