Genesis 43:18:7Gen.43.18.W7PAT

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ

vayomru

they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/waj.joːm.ˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they said
French
ils dirent
Spanish
dijeron
Portuguese
disseram
German
sagten
Russian
сказали
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
mereka berkata
Bengali
তারা বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi nila
Swahili
wakasema
Amharic
አሉ
Yoruba
wọ́n sọ
Igbo
ha kwuru
Twi
wɔkaa sɛ
Ewe
gblɔ be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֗וּ
va + yom + ru
vayomru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yom-RU

  2. clause

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM

  3. sentence

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu u-le-hit-na-PEL a-LEI-nu ve-la-KA-khat o-TA-nu la-a-va-DIM ve-et-kha-mo-REI-nu

In contextGenesis 43:18

were afraid the men because were brought house of Joseph they said on account of the money returned in our sacks the first time we are being brought to make a pretext against us and to rush upon us and to take us as slaves and our donkeys

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 43:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (vayomru) 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.43.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.18.W7.S1) and character.