Genesis 31:5:1Gen.31.5.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

he said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/wajˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
él dijo
Portuguese
ele disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer la-HEN

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer la-HEN ro-EH a-no-KHI et-pe-NEI a-vi-KHEN ki-ei-NEN-nu e-LAI kit-MOL shil-SHOM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer la-HEN ro-EH a-no-KHI et-pe-NEI a-vi-KHEN ki-ei-NEN-nu e-LAI kit-MOL shil-SHOM ve-lo-HEI a-VI ha-YA im-ma-DI

In contextGenesis 31:5

he said to them see I the face of your father that he is not toward me as before but the God of my father was with me

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:5, 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.31.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.5.W1.S1) and character.