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
- 说
- 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
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MAR
- clause
va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG
- 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 context — Genesis 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.