Genesis 42:37:1Gen.42.37.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

vayomer

{He} said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
{He} said
French
{Il} dit
Spanish
{Él} dijo
Portuguese
{Ele} disse
German
{Er} sagte
Russian
{Он} сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
{他}说
Korean
{그가} 말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
{Ó} sọ
Igbo
{Ọ} sịrị
Twi
{Ɔ} kae
Ewe
{Eya} gblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֤א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer re-u-VEN el-a-VIV le-MOR et-she-NEI va-NAI ta-MIT im-LO a-vi-EN-nu e-LEI-kha

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer re-u-VEN el-a-VIV le-MOR et-she-NEI va-NAI ta-MIT im-LO a-vi-EN-nu e-LEI-kha te-NA o-TO al-ya-DI va-a-NI a-shi-VE-nu e-LEI-kha

In contextGenesis 42:37

{He} said Reuben to his father saying two of my sons you may kill if not I bring him to you put him into my hand and I will bring him back to you

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:37, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.42.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.37.W1.S1) and character.