Genesis 24:2:1Gen.24.2.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

said

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

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sprach
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
alimwambia
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ fun
Igbo
gwara
Twi
kaa kyerɛɛ
Ewe
gblɔ na

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-av-DO ze-KAN bei-TO ha-mo-SHEL be-khol-a-sher-LO

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-av-DO ze-KAN bei-TO ha-mo-SHEL be-khol-a-sher-LO sim-NA yad-KHA TA-khat ye-re-KHI

In contextGenesis 24:2

Abraham said to his servant elder of his household the one managing over all that belonged to him please place your hand under my thigh

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.24.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.2.W1.S1) and character.