Genesis 42:38:1Gen.42.38.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

vayomer

and he said

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

Meaning by language

English
and he said
French
et il dit
Spanish
y dijo
Portuguese
e disse
German
und er sagte
Russian
и сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
और उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
就说
Korean
그리고 그가 말했다
Indonesian
dan ia berkata
Bengali
আর সে বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እርሱም አለ
Yoruba
ó sì sọ
Igbo
o kwuru
Twi
na ɔkaa

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֕א + 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. clause

    va-YO-mer lo-ye-RED be-NI im-ma-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer lo-ye-RED be-NI im-ma-KHEM ki-a-KHIV MET ve-HU le-va-DO ni-she-AR u-qe-ra-a-HU a-SON ba-DE-rekh a-SHER te-le-khu-VAH ve-ho-ra-de-TEM et-see-va-TI be-ya-GON she-o-LA

In contextGenesis 42:38

and he said he shall not go down my son with you for his brother has died and he alone has been left and befalls him harm on the way which you will go in it and you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:38, 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.42.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.38.W1.S1) and character.