Genesis 18:9:1Gen.18.9.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joːm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sagten
- Russian
- сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha kwuru
- Twi
- wɔkaa
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֣וּ
↓
va + yom + ru
↓
vayomru
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU e-LAV
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV ai-YEH sa-RA ish-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yom-RU e-LAV ai-YEH sa-RA ish-TE-kha va-YO-mer hin-NEH ba-O-hel
In context — Genesis 18:9
where is your wife Sarah they said to him behold in the tent he said
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomru) 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.18.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.9.W1.S1) and character.