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

Result
וַ + יֹּאמְ + ר֖וּ
va + yom + ru
vayomru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yom-RU

  2. clause

    va-yom-RU he-khe-yi-TA-nu

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.