Genesis 44:16:1Gen.44.16.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

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
{Él} dijo
Portuguese
{Ele} disse
German
{Er} sagte
Russian
{Он} сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
{उसने} कहा
Chinese-Simplified
{他}说
Korean
{그가} 말하였다
Indonesian
{Ia} berkata
Bengali
{সে} বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
{Yeye} alisema
Amharic
{እርሱ} አለ
Yoruba
{Ó} wí
Igbo
{O} sịrị
Twi
{Ɔ} kae
Ewe
{Eya} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ma-no-MAR la-a-do-NI ma-ne-da-BER u-ma-nits-ta-DAK

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ma-no-MAR la-a-do-NI ma-ne-da-BER u-ma-nits-ta-DAK ha-e-lo-HIM ma-TSA et-a-VON a-va-DE-kha hin-NEN-nu a-va-DIM la-a-do-NI gam-a-NAKH-nu GAM a-sher-nim-TSA ha-ga-VI-a be-ya-DO

In contextGenesis 44:16

{He} said Judah what shall we say to my lord what shall we speak and how shall we justify ourselves God has found guilt of your servants here we are servants of my lord also we also the one who was found the cup in his hand

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 44:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.44.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.16.W1.S1) and character.