Genesis 42:13:1Gen.42.13.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ

vayomru

they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/vaj.joːmˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they said
French
ils dirent
Spanish
dijeron
Portuguese
disseram
German
sie sagten
Russian
они сказали
Arabic-Simplified
وقالوا
Hindi
उन्होंने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他们说
Korean
그들이 말했다
Indonesian
mereka berkata
Bengali
তারা বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi nila
Swahili
walisema
Amharic
እነርሱ አሉ
Yoruba
wọ́n wí
Igbo
ha sịrị
Twi
wɔkaa sɛ
Ewe
woɖo be

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Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֗וּ
va + yom + ru
vayomru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yom-RU

  2. clause

    va-yom-RU she-NEIM a-SAR a-va-DE-kha a-KHIM a-NAKH-nu be-NEI ish-e-KHAD be-E-rets ke-NA-an

  3. sentence

    va-yom-RU she-NEIM a-SAR a-va-DE-kha a-KHIM a-NAKH-nu be-NEI ish-e-KHAD be-E-rets ke-NA-an ve-hin-NE ha-ka-TON et-a-VI-nu ha-YOM ve-ha-e-KHAD ei-NEN-nu

In contextGenesis 42:13

they said two ten your servants brothers we sons of one man in the land of Canaan and behold the youngest with our father today and the one is not

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (vayomru) 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.42.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.13.W1.S1) and character.