Genesis 17:9:1Gen.17.9.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akamwambia
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ fún
- Igbo
- gwara
- Twi
- kaa kyerɛɛ
- Ewe
- gblɔ na
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 el-a-ve-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI ti-she-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI ti-she-MOR a-TA ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM
In context — Genesis 17:9
God said to Abraham as for you you shall keep my covenant and your offspring after you throughout their generations
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:9, 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.17.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.9.W1.S1) and character.