Genesis 42:2:1Gen.42.2.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
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
- он сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말했다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- egblɔ
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
- clause
va-YO-mer hi-NE sha-MA-ti KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer hi-NE sha-MA-ti KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim re-DU-SHAM-mah ve-shiv-RU-LA-nu mi-SHAM ve-ni-KHYE ve-LO na-MUT
In context — Genesis 42:2
he said behold I have heard that there is grain in Egypt go down there buy for us from there live and not die
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.42.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.2.W1.S1) and character.