Genesis 18:23:3Gen.18.23.W3PAT
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
vayomar
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MAR
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jo.ˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- at nagsabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֑ר
↓
va + yo + mar
↓
vayomar
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
In context — Genesis 18:23
Abraham approached said indeed will you sweep away a righteous one with a wicked one
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.18.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.23.W3.S1) and character.