Genesis 2:23:1Gen.2.23.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמֶר֮

vayomer

“{And He} said”

Transliteration: va-yo-MER
Extended: vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA: /waj.joː.ˈmɛr/

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} 말하였다
Indonesian: {Dan dia} berkata
Bengali: {আর সে} বলল
Tagalog: at sinabi
Swahili: {Na yeye} alisema
Amharic: {እርሱም} አለ
Yoruba: {Ati ó} wí
Igbo: {Ma ọ} sịrị
Twi: {Na ɔno} kaa
Ewe: {Ke eya} gblɔ

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Result

וַ + יֹּא + מֶר֮

↓

va + yo + mer

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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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The word

Word in context

word
va-yo-MER
clause
va-yo-MER ha-a-DAM ZOT ha-PA-am E-tsem me-a-tsa-MAI u-va-SAR mib-be-sa-RI
sentence
va-yo-MER ha-a-DAM ZOT ha-PA-am E-tsem me-a-tsa-MAI u-va-SAR mib-be-sa-RI le-ZOT yik-ka-RE ish-SHA KI me-ISH lu-ko-kha-ZOT

In context — Genesis 2:23

the man {And He} said this time bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh this one shall be called woman because from man this one was taken

About this coordinate

Genesis 2:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (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.2.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.23.W1.S1) and character.

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