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

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֗א + 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. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.