Genesis 24:6:1Gen.24.6.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

vayomer

said

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

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + 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 e-LAV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LAV av-ra-HAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV av-ra-HAM hi-SHA-mer le-KHA pen-ta-SHIV et-be-NI sham-MA

In contextGenesis 24:6

Abraham said to him take heed to yourself lest you take back my son there

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.24.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.6.W1.S1) and character.