Genesis 43:7:1Gen.43.7.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ

vayomru

{And} they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/vaj.joːm.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} 그들이 말했다
Indonesian
{Dan} mereka berkata
Bengali
{আর} তারা বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi nila
Swahili
{Na} walisema
Amharic
{እና} እነርሱ አሉ
Yoruba
{Ati} wọn sọ
Igbo
{Na} ha sịrị
Twi
{Na} wɔkae
Ewe
{Ke} wo gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֡וּ
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-yom-RU sha-OL sha-al-ha-ISH la-NU u-le-mo-lad-TE-nu le-MOR ha-OD a-vi-KHEM KHAI ha-YESH la-KHEM AKH va-nag-ged-LO al-PI had-de-va-RIM ha-EHL-leh

  3. sentence

    va-yom-RU sha-OL sha-al-ha-ISH la-NU u-le-mo-lad-TE-nu le-MOR ha-OD a-vi-KHEM KHAI ha-YESH la-KHEM AKH va-nag-ged-LO al-PI had-de-va-RIM ha-EHL-leh ha-ya-DO-a ne-DA KI yo-MAR ho-ri-DU et-a-khi-KHEM

In contextGenesis 43:7

{And} they said carefully the man asked about us and about our kindred saying is still your father alive is there for you a brother {And} we told him according to words these could we possibly know that he would say bring down your brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (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.43.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.7.W1.S1) and character.