Genesis 4:6:1Gen.4.6.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin LAM-ma KHA-ra LAKH ve-LAM-ma naf-LU fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 4:6
LORD said to Cain why for you burned and why your face fell
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.4.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.6.W1.S1) and character.