Genesis 41:17:1Gen.41.17.W1PAT

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר

vayedaber

said

Transliteration
va-ye-da-BER
Extended
vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
IPA
/wa.jə.dab.ˈbeːr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + דַ + בֵּ֥ר
va + ye + da + ber
vayedaber

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-da-BER par-O

  3. clause

    va-ye-da-BER par-O el-yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER par-O el-yo-SEF ba-kha-lo-MI hin-NI o-MED al-se-FAT ha-ye-OR

In contextGenesis 41:17

said Pharaoh to Joseph in my dream behold I standing on the bank of the Nile

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 41:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.41.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.17.W1.S1) and character.