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
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

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-yit-ap-PAK va-YO-mer SI-mu LA-khem

  3. sentence

    va-yir-KHATS pa-NAV va-ye-TSE va-yit-ap-PAK va-YO-mer SI-mu LA-khem

In contextGenesis 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.