Genesis 25:30:1Gen.25.30.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

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
وَقَالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + 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-SAV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-SAV el-ya-a-KOV hal-i-TE-ni NA min-ha-a-DOM ha-a-DOM haz-ZEH KI a-YEF a-no-KHI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-SAV el-ya-a-KOV hal-i-TE-ni NA min-ha-a-DOM ha-a-DOM haz-ZEH KI a-YEF a-no-KHI al-KEN ka-ra-she-MO e-DOM

In contextGenesis 25:30

Esau said to Jacob let me gulp down please from the red the red this for am weary I therefore his name was called Edom

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.25.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.30.W1.S1) and character.