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
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer lo-ye-RED be-NI im-ma-KHEM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.