Genesis 22:16:1Gen.22.16.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“He said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- He said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- o sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkae
- Ewe
- egblɔ
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 BI nish-BA-ti ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer BI nish-BA-ti ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH KI YA-an a-SHER a-SI-ta ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ve-LO kha-SAKH-ta ET-bin-KHA ET-ye-khi-DE-kha
In context — Genesis 22:16
He said I have sworn by myself utterance of the LORD for because that you did matter this and did not withhold your son your only one
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.16.W1.S1) and character.