Genesis 19:18:1Gen.19.18.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
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
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kae
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LOT
- clause
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer LOT a-le-HEM al-NA a-do-NAI
In context — Genesis 19:18
Lot said to them please no my lords
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.18.W1.S1) and character.