Genesis 40:9:5Gen.40.9.W5PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó wí
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer LO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer LO ba-kha-lo-MI ve-hin-neh-GE-fen le-fa-NAI

  4. sentence

    va-ye-sa-PER sar-ham-mash-KIM et-kha-lo-MO le-yo-SEF va-YO-mer LO ba-kha-lo-MI ve-hin-neh-GE-fen le-fa-NAI

In contextGenesis 40:9

recounted chief of the cupbearers his dream to Joseph he said to him in my dream and behold a vine before me

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 40:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.40.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.9.W5.S1) and character.