Genesis 37:16:1Gen.37.16.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y dijo
- Portuguese
- e disse
- German
- und er sagte
- Russian
- и он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 말하였다
- Indonesian
- dan ia berkata
- Bengali
- আর তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- naye akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱም አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sì wí
- Igbo
- o wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkaa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֕א + 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 et-a-KHAI a-no-KHI me-va-KESH
- sentence
va-YO-mer et-a-KHAI a-no-KHI me-va-KESH ha-gi-da-NA LI ei-FO HEM ro-IM
In context — Genesis 37:16
and he said my brothers I am seeking please tell to me where they are pasturing
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.37.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.16.W1.S1) and character.