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

Result
וַ + יֹּא + מְ + ר֞וּ
va + yo + me + ru
vayomeru

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
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yo-me-RU

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.