Genesis 43:16:5Gen.43.16.W5PAT

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vayomer

He said

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

Meaning by language

English
He said
French
Il dit
Spanish
Él dijo
Portuguese
Ele disse
German
Er sagte
Russian
Он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말하였다
Indonesian
Ia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
Yeye alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
Ó sọ
Igbo
Ọ sịrị
Twi
Ɔ kae
Ewe
E gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
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-YAR yo-SEF it-TAM ET-bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER la-a-SHER al-bei-TO ha-VE ET-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-BAI-ta

  3. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF it-TAM ET-bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER la-a-SHER al-bei-TO ha-VE ET-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-BAI-ta u-te-VO-akh TE-vakh ve-ha-KHEN KI it-TI yo-khe-LU ha-a-na-SHIM bat-tsa-ho-RA-yim

In contextGenesis 43:16

{He} saw Joseph with them Benjamin He said to the one who was over his house bring the men into the house slaughter an animal prepare for with me {They} will eat the men at noon

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 43:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.43.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.16.W5.S1) and character.