Genesis 42:10:1Gen.42.10.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ
vayomeru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joː.məˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi nila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkaa
- Ewe
- wo gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מְ + ר֥וּ
↓
va + yo + me + ru
↓
vayomeru
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV
- clause
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV LO a-do-NI
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU e-LAV LO a-do-NI va-a-va-DE-kha BA-u li-she-BAR-O-khel
In context — Genesis 42:10
they said to him no my lord and your servants came to buy food
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (vayomeru) 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.42.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.10.W1.S1) and character.