Genesis 38:16:4Gen.38.16.W4PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jo.ˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y dijo
- Portuguese
- e ele disse
- German
- und er sagte
- Russian
- и он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就说
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- dan ia berkata
- Bengali
- আর সে বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- naye akasema
- Amharic
- እርሱም አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sì sọ
- Igbo
- o wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkae
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-YET e-le-HA el-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ha-va-NA a-VO e-la-YIKH KI LO ya-DA KI ka-la-TO HI
- sentence
va-YET e-le-HA el-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ha-va-NA a-VO e-la-YIKH KI LO ya-DA KI ka-la-TO HI va-to-MER ma-ti-ten-LI KI ta-VO e-LAI
In context — Genesis 38:16
and he turned aside to her to the road and he said come please let me come in to you for not he knew that his daughter-in-law she and she said what will you give me that you may come in to me
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.38.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.16.W4.S1) and character.