Genesis 29:5:6Gen.29.5.W6PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomeru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jo.mə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi nila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha kwuru
- Twi
- wɔkaa
- Ewe
- woɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מְ + ר֖וּ
↓
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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ya-da-e-NU
- 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 29:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 29:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (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.29.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.5.W6.S1) and character.