Genesis 42:9:8Gen.42.9.W8PAT

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

vayomer

he said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joː.ˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말하였다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkae
Ewe
e 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 a-le-HEM

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER a-le-HEM me-rag-LIM a-TEM li-re-OT et-er-VAT ha-A-rets ba-TEM

  4. sentence

    va-yiz-KOR yo-SEF ET ha-kha-lo-MOT a-SHER kha-LAM la-HEM va-yo-MER a-le-HEM me-rag-LIM a-TEM li-re-OT et-er-VAT ha-A-rets ba-TEM

In contextGenesis 42:9

remembered Joseph the dreams that he dreamed about them he said to them spies you to see nakedness of the land came

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:9, 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.42.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.9.W8.S1) and character.