Genesis 29:6:5Gen.29.6.W5PAT

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ

vayomru

they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/vaj.joːm.ˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they said
French
ils dirent
Spanish
dijeron
Portuguese
disseram
German
sie sagten
Russian
они сказали
Arabic-Simplified
وقالوا
Hindi
उन्होंने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他们说
Korean
그들이 말했다
Indonesian
mereka berkata
Bengali
তারা বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi nila
Swahili
walisema
Amharic
እነርሱ አሉ
Yoruba
wọ́n sọ
Igbo
ha sịrị
Twi
wɔkaa
Ewe
woɖo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֣וּ
va + yom + ru
vayomru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yom-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yom-RU sha-LOM

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU sha-LOM ve-hin-NE ra-KHEL bit-TO ba-A im-ha-TSON

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer la-HEM ha-sha-LOM LO va-yom-RU sha-LOM ve-hin-NE ra-KHEL bit-TO ba-A im-ha-TSON

In contextGenesis 29:6

he said to them is it well with him they said it is well and look Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 29:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomru) 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.29.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.6.W5.S1) and character.