Genesis 24:40:1Gen.24.40.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y dijo
- Russian
- и сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就说
- Swahili
- akasema
- Twi
- na ɔkae
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 e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI
In context — Genesis 24:40
and he said to me LORD before whom I have walked before him will send his angel with you and will make successful your way and you shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from the house of my father
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:40, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.24.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.40.W1.S1) and character.