Genesis 38:23:1Gen.38.23.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wajˈjoː.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
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- और उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就说
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 말하였다
- Indonesian
- dan ia berkata
- Bengali
- আর তিনি বললেন
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ti-kakh-LAH PEN ni-he-YEH la-VUZ
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ti-kakh-LAH PEN ni-he-YEH la-VUZ hi-NEH sha-LAKH-ti ha-ge-DI ha-ZEH ve-a-TA LO me-tsa-TAH
In context — Genesis 38:23
and he said Judah let her take for herself lest we become for contempt behold I sent the young goat this and you not you found her
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.38.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.23.W1.S1) and character.