Genesis 42:18:1Gen.42.18.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- wí
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yo-SEF
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yo-SEF ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ZOT a-SU vi-khe-YU
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yo-SEF ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ZOT a-SU vi-khe-YU et-ha-e-lo-HIM a-NI ya-RE
In context — Genesis 42:18
said to them Joseph on the day third this do live God I fear
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.42.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.18.W1.S1) and character.