Genesis 29:5:1Gen.29.5.W1PAT
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
- er sagte
- Russian
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- قال
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi niya
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- o gwara
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- eɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM ha-ye-da-TEM et-la-VAN ben-na-KHOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM ha-ye-da-TEM et-la-VAN ben-na-KHOR va-yo-me-RU ya-da-e-NU
In context — Genesis 29:5
he said to them do you know Laban son of Nahor they said we know him
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:5, 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.29.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.5.W1.S1) and character.