Genesis 38:18:1Gen.38.18.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /waj.joː.ˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
- French
- et il dit
- Spanish
- y él dijo
- Portuguese
- e ele disse
- German
- und er sagte
- Russian
- и он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他就说
- 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 wí
- Igbo
- ọ wee sị
- Twi
- na ɔkaa
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-yo-MER MA ha-e-ra-VON a-SHER e-TEN-LAKH va-to-MER kho-ta-me-KHA u-fe-ti-LE-kha u-mat-te-KHA a-SHER be-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER MA ha-e-ra-VON a-SHER e-TEN-LAKH va-to-MER kho-ta-me-KHA u-fe-ti-LE-kha u-mat-te-KHA a-SHER be-ya-DE-kha va-yi-TEN-LAH va-ya-VO e-LE-ha va-ta-HAR LO
In context — Genesis 38:18
and he said what the pledge that I will give you and she said your seal and your cord and your staff that in your hand and he gave to her and he went in to her and she conceived by him
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.38.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.18.W1.S1) and character.