Genesis 4:23:1Gen.4.23.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“{And} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} said
- French
- {Et} dit
- Spanish
- {Y} dijo
- Portuguese
- {E} disse
- German
- {Und} sagte
- Russian
- {И} сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- {और} कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并}说
- Korean
- {그리고} 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} berkata
- Bengali
- {এবং} বলল
- Tagalog
- at nagsabi
- Swahili
- {Na} alisema
- Amharic
- {እና} አለ
- Yoruba
- {Sì} sọ
- Igbo
- {Ma} sịrị
- Twi
- {Na} kaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} gblɔ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LE-mekh
- clause
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI KI ISH ha-rag-TI le-fi-tse-EE ve-YE-led le-khab-bu-ra-TI
In context — Genesis 4:23
Lamech {And} said to his wives Adah and Zillah listen to my voice wives of Lamech heed my saying for a man I killed for my wound and a boy for my bruise
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.4.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.23.W1.S1) and character.