Genesis 22:12:1Gen.22.12.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

vayomer

he said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vajˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ be

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֗א + מֶר
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. clause

    va-YO-mer al-tish-LAKH YAD-kha el-ha-NA-ar ve-al-ta-AS LO me-U-ma

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer al-tish-LAKH YAD-kha el-ha-NA-ar ve-al-ta-AS LO me-U-ma KI at-TA ya-DA-ti ki-ye-RE e-lo-HIM at-TA ve-LO kha-SAKH-ta et-BIN-kha et-ye-KHID-kha mi-me-NI

In contextGenesis 22:12

do not stretch out your hand to the boy he said and do not do anything to him for now I know you are fearful of God have not withheld from me your son your only one

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.22.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.12.W1.S1) and character.