Genesis 42:7:14Gen.42.7.W14PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.məˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالُوا
- 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
- wọ́n wí
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkae
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 42:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 42:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (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.42.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.7.W14.S1) and character.