Genesis 43:31:5Gen.43.31.W5PAT
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- ọ sịrị
- Twi
- ɔkae
- Ewe
- e gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-yit-ap-PAK va-YO-mer SI-mu LA-khem
- sentence
va-yir-KHATS pa-NAV va-ye-TSE va-yit-ap-PAK va-YO-mer SI-mu LA-khem
In context — Genesis 43:31
{And} he washed his face he went out he restrained himself he said serve food
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 43:31, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.43.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.31.W5.S1) and character.