Genesis 18:20:1Gen.18.20.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- قَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- nagsabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- 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 za-a-KAT se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ki-ra-BA
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH za-a-KAT se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ki-ra-BA ve-kha-ta-TAM KI kha-ve-DA me-OD
In context — Genesis 18:20
LORD said outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah because it is great and their sin for it is grave very
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:20, 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.18.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.20.W1.S1) and character.