Genesis 26:28:1Gen.26.28.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
vayomru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sọ
- Igbo
- ha kwuru
- Twi
- wɔkaa
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- clause
va-yom-RU ra-O ra-i-NU ki-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH va-no-MER te-HI NA a-LA be-no-TE-nu be-NE-nu u-ve-NE-kha
- sentence
va-yom-RU ra-O ra-i-NU ki-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH va-no-MER te-HI NA a-LA be-no-TE-nu be-NE-nu u-ve-NE-kha ve-nikh-re-TA ve-RIT im-MAKH
In context — Genesis 26:28
they said plainly we have seen that was LORD with you we said let there be please an oath between us between us and between you let us make a covenant with you
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (vayomru) 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.26.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.28.W1.S1) and character.