Genesis 4:10:1Gen.4.10.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

vayomer

He said

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

Meaning by language

English
He said
French
il a dit
Spanish
él dijo
Portuguese
ele disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó wí
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + 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 ME a-si-TA

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ME a-si-TA KOL de-MEI a-KHI-kha tso-a-KIM e-LAI min-ha-a-da-MAH

In contextGenesis 4:10

He said what have you done the voice of the blood of your brother cries out to me from the ground

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.4.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.10.W1.S1) and character.