Genesis 18:28:9Gen.18.28.W9PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /waj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- فقال
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- o sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkaa sɛ
- Ewe
- egblɔ be
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
In context — Genesis 18:28
perhaps fifty the righteous ones are lacking five will you destroy the whole city for five he said not I will destroy if I find forty and five there
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.18.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W9.S1) and character.