Genesis 34:14:1Gen.34.14.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ

vayomru

they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/waj.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
wọn sọ
Igbo
ha kwuru
Twi
wɔkae
Ewe
wogblɔ

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 a-lei-HEM

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU a-lei-HEM LO nu-KHAL la-a-SOT ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH la-TET et-a-kho-TE-nu le-ISH a-sher-LO or-LA

  4. sentence

    va-yom-RU a-lei-HEM LO nu-KHAL la-a-SOT ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH la-TET et-a-kho-TE-nu le-ISH a-sher-LO or-LA ki-kher-PA HI la-NU

In contextGenesis 34:14

they said to them not we are able to do the matter this to give our sister to a man who has foreskin for a disgrace it to us

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:14, 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.34.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.14.W1.S1) and character.