Genesis 47:18:8Gen.47.18.W8PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ
vayomru
“they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joːm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
- French
- ils dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- wakasema
- Amharic
- አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sọ
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkae
- 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU LO
- clause
va-tit-TOM ha-sha-NA ha-HI va-ya-VO-u e-LAV ba-sha-NA ha-she-NIT va-yom-RU LO lo-ne-kha-KHED me-a-do-NI KI im-TAM ha-KE-sef u-mik-NE ha-be-he-MA el-a-do-NI
- sentence
va-tit-TOM ha-sha-NA ha-HI va-ya-VO-u e-LAV ba-sha-NA ha-she-NIT va-yom-RU LO lo-ne-kha-KHED me-a-do-NI KI im-TAM ha-KE-sef u-mik-NE ha-be-he-MA el-a-do-NI LO nish-AR lif-NE a-do-NI bil-TI im-ge-vi-ya-TE-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu
In context — Genesis 47:18
{It} ended the year that they came to him in the year the second they said to him we will not hide from my lord that is spent the money and the livestock of the cattle are my lord's nothing remains before my lord except our bodies and our land
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 47:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (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.47.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.18.W8.S1) and character.