Genesis 18:13:1Gen.18.13.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
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
- قال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- nagsabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- 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 Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-av-ra-HAM LAM-mah ZEH tsa-kha-KAH sa-RAH le-MOR ha-AF u-me-NAM e-LED va-a-NI za-kan-TI
In context — Genesis 18:13
LORD said to Abraham why so Sarah laughed saying really and I indeed shall I bear have grown old
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:13, 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.13.W1.S1) and character.