Genesis 47:3:5Gen.47.3.W5PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
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
- وقالوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들이 말하였다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- walisema
- Amharic
- እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sọ
- Igbo
- ha sịrị
- Twi
- wɔkaa
- Ewe
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU el-par-O
- clause
va-yom-RU el-par-O ro-E TSON a-va-DEI-kha gam-a-NAKH-nu gam-a-vo-TEI-nu
- 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 context — Genesis 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 47:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 47:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (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.47.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.3.W5.S1) and character.