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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 al-tish-LAKH YAD-kha el-ha-NA-ar ve-al-ta-AS LO me-U-ma
- 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 context — Genesis 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.