Genesis 22:8:1Gen.22.8.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vayomer

said

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

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi ni
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
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 av-ra-HAM e-lo-HIM yir-eh-LO ha-SE le-o-LA be-NI

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM e-lo-HIM yir-eh-LO ha-SE le-o-LA be-NI va-ye-le-KHU she-ne-HEM yakh-DAW

In contextGenesis 22:8

Abraham said God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering my son both of them went together

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.8.W1.S1) and character.