Genesis 28:1:7Gen.28.1.W7PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkae
Ewe
e gblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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 LO

  3. clause

    va-ye-tsav-VE-hu va-YO-mer LO lo-tik-KAKH ish-SHA mib-be-NOT ke-NA-an

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA yits-KHAK el-ya-a-KOV va-ye-va-REKH o-TO va-ye-tsav-VE-hu va-YO-mer LO lo-tik-KAKH ish-SHA mib-be-NOT ke-NA-an

In contextGenesis 28:1

called Isaac to Jacob he blessed him he commanded him he said to him do not take a wife from daughters of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 28:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.28.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.1.W7.S1) and character.