Genesis 29:4:7Gen.29.4.W7PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.mə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말하였다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- nagsabi sila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn wi
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkae
- Ewe
- wo gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + מְ + ר֔וּ
↓
va + yo + me + ru
↓
vayomeru
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU me-kha-RAN a-nakh-NU
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM ya-a-KOV a-KHAI me-A-yin a-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-kha-RAN a-nakh-NU
In context — Genesis 29:4
said to them Jacob my brothers from where are you they said from Haran we are
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 29:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomeru) 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.29.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.4.W7.S1) and character.