Genesis 47:1:5Gen.47.1.W5PAT
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말했다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- wí
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-ya-VO yo-SEF va-ya-GED le-far-O va-YO-mer a-VI ve-a-KHAI ve-tso-NAM u-ve-ka-RAM ve-khol-a-SHER la-HEM BA-u me-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-ya-VO yo-SEF va-ya-GED le-far-O va-YO-mer a-VI ve-a-KHAI ve-tso-NAM u-ve-ka-RAM ve-khol-a-SHER la-HEM BA-u me-E-rets ke-NA-an ve-hin-NAM be-E-rets GO-shen
In context — Genesis 47:1
{And} {he} came Joseph told to Pharaoh said my father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that belongs to them have come from the land of Canaan and behold they are in the land of Goshen
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 47:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.47.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.1.W5.S1) and character.