Genesis 47:4:1Gen.47.4.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomru
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.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} wakasema
- Amharic
- {እና} እነርሱ አሉ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wọn sọ
- Igbo
- {Ma} ha sịrị
- Twi
- {Na} wɔkaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} wogblɔ
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 la-GUR ba-A-rets ba-NU ki-EN mir-EH lat-TSON a-SHER la-a-va-DE-kha ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-par-O la-GUR ba-A-rets ba-NU ki-EN mir-EH lat-TSON a-SHER la-a-va-DE-kha ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-NA-an ve-at-TA yesh-vu-NA a-va-DE-kha be-E-rets GO-shen
In context — Genesis 47:4
{And} they said to Pharaoh to sojourn in the land we came for there is no pasture for the flock that is of your servants for severe is the famine in the land of Canaan and now please let dwell your servants in the land of Goshen
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:4, 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.47.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.4.W1.S1) and character.