Genesis 19:17:5Gen.19.17.W5PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- ọ sịrị
- Twi
- ɔkae
- Ewe
- egblɔ
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
- clause
va-ye-HI khe-ho-tsi-AM o-TAM ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha al-ta-BIT a-kha-RE-kha ve-al-ta-a-MOD be-khol-ha-ki-KAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-ho-tsi-AM o-TAM ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha al-ta-BIT a-kha-RE-kha ve-al-ta-a-MOD be-khol-ha-ki-KAR ha-ha-RA him-ma-LET pen-tis-sa-FE
In context — Genesis 19:17
it happened when they brought out them outside he said escape for your life do not look behind you do not stand in the whole plain escape to the mountain lest you be swept away
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:17, 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.19.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.17.W5.S1) and character.