Genesis 47:3:1Gen.47.3.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר

vayomer

{And} said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
{And} said
French
{Et} dit
Spanish
{Y} dijo
Portuguese
{E} disse
German
{Und} sagte
Russian
{И} сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֧א + 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 par-O

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer par-O el-e-KHAV ma-ma-a-SEI-khem

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer par-O el-e-KHAV ma-ma-a-SEI-khem va-yom-RU el-par-O ro-E TSON a-va-DEI-kha gam-a-NAKH-nu gam-a-vo-TEI-nu

In contextGenesis 47:3

{And} said Pharaoh to his brothers what {is} your occupation {And} they said to Pharaoh shepherd of flock your servants we also our fathers also

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.47.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.3.W1.S1) and character.