Genesis 37:22:1Gen.37.22.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

vayomer

and he said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vajˈjoː.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
他就说
Korean
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

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + 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 a-le-HEM re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN al-ti-she-pe-khu-DAM ha-she-LI-khu o-TO el-hab-BOR haz-ZEH a-SHER ba-mi-de-BAR ve-YAD al-ti-she-le-khu-VO

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN al-ti-she-pe-khu-DAM ha-she-LI-khu o-TO el-hab-BOR haz-ZEH a-SHER ba-mi-de-BAR ve-YAD al-ti-she-le-khu-VO le-MA-an ha-TSIL o-TO mi-ya-DAM la-ha-shi-VO el-a-VIV

In contextGenesis 37:22

and he said to them Reuben do not shed blood throw him to the pit this which in the wilderness and hand do not lay on him so that to rescue him from their hand to return him to his father

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.37.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.22.W1.S1) and character.