Genesis 19:2:1Gen.19.2.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר

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
er sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֜א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer hin-NEH na-a-do-NAI su-RU NA el-BET av-de-KHEM ve-LI-nu ve-ra-kha-TSU rag-le-KHEM ve-hish-kam-TEM va-ha-lakh-TEM le-dar-ke-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer hin-NEH na-a-do-NAI su-RU NA el-BET av-de-KHEM ve-LI-nu ve-ra-kha-TSU rag-le-KHEM ve-hish-kam-TEM va-ha-lakh-TEM le-dar-ke-KHEM va-yom-RU LO KI va-re-KHOV na-LIN

In contextGenesis 19:2

please my lords he said behold please turn aside to the house of your servant wash your feet spend the night rise early go on your way they said no for we will spend the night in the square

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.2.W1.S1) and character.