Genesis 29:18:4Gen.29.18.W4PAT

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkaa sɛ
Ewe
eɖo be

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֗א + 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. clause

    va-YO-mer e-e-va-de-KHA SHE-va sha-NIM be-ra-KHEL bi-te-KHA ha-ke-ta-NA

  3. sentence

    va-ye-e-HAV ya-a-KOV et-ra-KHEL va-YO-mer e-e-va-de-KHA SHE-va sha-NIM be-ra-KHEL bi-te-KHA ha-ke-ta-NA

In contextGenesis 29:18

loved Jacob Rachel he said I will serve you seven years for Rachel your daughter the younger

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 29:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.29.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.18.W4.S1) and character.