Genesis 46:31:1Gen.46.31.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

vayomer

{He} said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/waj.jo.ˈmɛr/

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} 말했다
Indonesian
{Ia} berkata
Bengali
{তিনি} বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
{Yeye} alisema
Amharic
{እርሱ} አለ
Yoruba
{Ó} sọ
Igbo
{Ọ} sịrị
Twi
{Ɔ} kae
Ewe
{Eya} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + 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 yo-SEF el-e-KHAV

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER yo-SEF el-e-KHAV ve-el-BEIT a-VIV e-e-LE ve-ag-GI-da le-far-O

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER yo-SEF el-e-KHAV ve-el-BEIT a-VIV e-e-LE ve-ag-GI-da le-far-O ve-om-RA e-LAV a-KHAI u-veit-a-VI a-SHER be-e-rets-ke-NA-an BA-u e-LAI

In contextGenesis 46:31

{He} said Joseph to his brothers and to the household of his father I will go up I will tell to Pharaoh I will say to him my brothers and the household of my father who in the land of Canaan have come to me

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 46:31, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (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.46.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.31.W1.S1) and character.