Genesis 47:25:1Gen.47.25.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
vayomru
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joːm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they said
- French
- {Et} ils dirent
- Spanish
- {Y} dijeron
- Portuguese
- {E} disseram
- German
- {Und} sie sagten
- Russian
- {И} они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالُوا
- Hindi
- {और} उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且}他们说
- Korean
- {그리고} 그들이 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} mereka berkata
- Bengali
- {আর} তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- {Na} walisema
- Amharic
- {እና} እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wọn sọ
- Igbo
- {Ma} ha sịrị
- Twi
- {Na} wɔkaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} wo 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
- clause
va-yom-RU he-khe-yi-TA-nu
- sentence
va-yom-RU he-khe-yi-TA-nu nim-tsa-KHEN be-ei-NEI a-do-NI ve-ha-YI-nu a-va-DIM le-far-OH
In context — Genesis 47:25
{And} they said You have kept us alive may we find favor in the eyes of my lord {And} we will be servants of Pharaoh
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (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.47.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.25.W1.S1) and character.