Genesis 34:31:1Gen.34.31.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ
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
- አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha kwuru
- Twi
- wɔkae
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֑וּ
↓
va + yom + ru
↓
vayomru
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- sentence
va-yom-RU ha-khe-zo-NA ya-a-SE et-a-kho-TE-nu
In context — Genesis 34:31
they said like a prostitute would he treat our sister
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:31, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ (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.34.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.31.W1.S1) and character.