Genesis 44:20:1Gen.44.20.W1PAT

וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vanomer

we said

Transliteration
va-no-MER
Extended
vah-no-MEHR
IPA
/wan.no.ˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
we said
French
nous avons dit
Spanish
dijimos
Portuguese
dissemos
German
wir sagten
Russian
мы сказали
Arabic-Simplified
وَقُلْنَا
Hindi
हमने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
我们说
Korean
우리는 말했다
Indonesian
kami berkata
Bengali
আমরা বললাম
Tagalog
at sinabi namin
Swahili
tulisema
Amharic
አልን
Yoruba
a sọ
Igbo
anyị sịrị
Twi
yɛkaa
Ewe
míe gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + נֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
va + no + mer
vanomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
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

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-no-MER

  2. clause

    va-no-MER el-a-do-NI yesh-LA-nu AV za-KEN ve-YE-led ze-ku-NIM ka-TAN

  3. sentence

    va-no-MER el-a-do-NI yesh-LA-nu AV za-KEN ve-YE-led ze-ku-NIM ka-TAN ve-a-KHIV MET va-yiv-va-TER HU le-VAD-do le-IM-mo ve-a-VIV a-HE-vo

In contextGenesis 44:20

we said to my lord we have a father old and a child of old age young and his brother is dead {And} was left he alone to his mother and his father loves him

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 44:20, so the Hebrew word וַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (vanomer) 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.44.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.20.W1.S1) and character.