Genesis 20:4:5Gen.20.4.W5PAT

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר

vayomar

said

Transliteration
va-yo-MAR
Extended
vah-yoh-MAHR
IPA
/waj.joː.ˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֕ר
va + yo + mar
vayomar

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MAR

  2. clause

    va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG

  3. sentence

    va-a-vi-ME-lekh LO ka-RAV e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG

In contextGenesis 20:4

and Abimelech did not approach her said Lord will you kill even a righteous nation

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 20:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (vayomar) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.4.W5.S1) and character.