Genesis 20:6:1Gen.20.6.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמֶר֩

vayomer

said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.jo.ˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
说了
Korean
말씀하셨다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּא + מֶר֩
va + yo + mer
vayomer

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI al-KEN lo-ne-ta-TI-kha li-ne-GO-a e-le-HA

In contextGenesis 20:6

God said to him in the dream indeed I knew that you did this in the integrity of your heart withheld I also you from sinning against me therefore I did not allow you to touch her

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (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.20.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.6.W1.S1) and character.