Genesis 2:18:1Gen.2.18.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“{And He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} said
- French
- {Et il} dit
- Spanish
- {Y él} dijo
- Portuguese
- {E ele} disse
- German
- {Und er} sagte
- Russian
- {И он} сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- {और उसने} कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且他}说
- Korean
- {그리고 그가} 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- {Dan dia} berkata
- Bengali
- {আর তিনি} বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- {Na yeye} alisema
- Amharic
- {እርሱም} አለ
- Yoruba
- {Ó sì} sọ
- Igbo
- {Ọ wee} sịrị
- Twi
- {Na ɔno} kaa
- Ewe
- {Ke eya} gblɔ
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 Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM lo-TOV he-YOT ha-a-DAM le-vad-DO
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM lo-TOV he-YOT ha-a-DAM le-vad-DO e-e-se-LO E-zer ke-neg-DO
In context — Genesis 2:18
LORD God {And He} said not good to be for the human alone I will make for him a helper corresponding to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:18, 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.2.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.18.W1.S1) and character.