Genesis 42:7:10Gen.42.7.W10PAT

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
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó wí
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔka kyerɛɛ
Ewe
egblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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 a-le-HEM

  3. clause

    va-yit-na-KER a-lei-HEM va-ye-da-BER it-TAM ka-SHOT va-YO-mer a-le-HEM me-A-yin ba-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-E-rets ke-NA-an li-she-BAR-o-khel

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF et-e-KHAV va-yak-ki-REM va-yit-na-KER a-lei-HEM va-ye-da-BER it-TAM ka-SHOT va-YO-mer a-le-HEM me-A-yin ba-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-E-rets ke-NA-an li-she-BAR-o-khel

In contextGenesis 42:7

saw Joseph his brothers he recognized them he acted like a stranger toward them he spoke with them harshly he said to them from where have you come they said from the land of Canaan to buy food

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 42:7, 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.42.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.7.W10.S1) and character.