Genesis 42:21:1Gen.42.21.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ
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
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- wakasema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkae
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT
In context — Genesis 42:21
they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (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.42.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W1.S1) and character.