Genesis 19:21:1Gen.19.21.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“He said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- He said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱ 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
In context — Genesis 19:21
He said to him Behold I have lifted up your face to the matter this also so as not to overthrow the city you spoke of which
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.19.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W1.S1) and character.