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
- 说
- 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
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-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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.