Genesis 3:12:1Gen.3.12.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“{And} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} said
- French
- {Et} dit
- Spanish
- {Y} dijo
- Portuguese
- {E} disse
- German
- {Und} sagte
- Russian
- {И} сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- {At} nagsabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- wí
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + 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
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-a-DAM ha-ish-SHA a-SHER na-TAT-ta im-ma-DI HI na-te-na-LLI min-ha-ETS va-o-KHEL
In context — Genesis 3:12
the man {And} said the woman who you gave with me she gave me from the tree {And} I ate
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 3:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.3.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.12.W1.S1) and character.