Genesis 38:11:1Gen.38.11.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

and said

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

Meaning by language

English
and said
French
et dit
Spanish
y dijo
Portuguese
e disse
German
und sagte
Russian
и сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
और कहा
Chinese-Simplified
就说
Korean
그리고 말했다
Indonesian
dan berkata
Bengali
এবং বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እና አለ
Yoruba
si sọ
Igbo
wee sị
Twi
na ɔkae

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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 ye-hu-DA le-ta-MAR kal-la-TO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-ta-MAR kal-la-TO she-VI al-ma-NA veyt-a-VIKH ad-yig-DAL she-LA be-NI KI a-MAR pen-ya-MUT gam-HU ke-e-KHAV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-ta-MAR kal-la-TO she-VI al-ma-NA veyt-a-VIKH ad-yig-DAL she-LA be-NI KI a-MAR pen-ya-MUT gam-HU ke-e-KHAV va-TE-lekh ta-MAR va-TE-shev BEYT a-vi-HA

In contextGenesis 38:11

and said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law remain a widow house of your father until he grows up Shelah my son for he said lest he die he also like his brothers and she went Tamar and she dwelt house of her father

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:11, 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.38.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.11.W1.S1) and character.