Genesis 43:20:1Gen.43.20.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomeru
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joː.mə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they said
- French
- {Et} ils dirent
- Spanish
- {Y} dijeron
- Portuguese
- {E} disseram
- German
- {Und} sie sagten
- Russian
- {И} они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- {और} उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且}他们说
- Korean
- {그리고} 그들은 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} mereka berkata
- Bengali
- {আর} তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- {Na} walisema
- Amharic
- {እና} እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wọ́n sọ
- Igbo
- {Ma} ha sịrị
- Twi
- {Na} wɔkaa
- Ewe
- {Ke} woɖo gbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + מְ + ר֖וּ
↓
va + yo + me + ru
↓
vayomeru
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU BI a-do-NI
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU BI a-do-NI ya-ROD ya-RAD-nu bat-te-khil-LA lish-BAR-O-khel
In context — Genesis 43:20
{And} they said please my lord indeed we came down the first time to buy food
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (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.43.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.20.W1.S1) and character.