Genesis 27:20:1Gen.27.20.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER yits-KHAK
- clause
va-yo-MER yits-KHAK el-be-NO ma-ZE mi-har-TA lim-TSO be-NI
- sentence
va-yo-MER yits-KHAK el-be-NO ma-ZE mi-har-TA lim-TSO be-NI va-yo-MER KI hik-RA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-fa-NAI
In context — Genesis 27:20
Isaac said to his son what is this you hurried to find my son he said because LORD your God caused to happen before me
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 27:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.27.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.20.W1.S1) and character.