Genesis 47:8:1Gen.47.8.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
vayomer
“{And} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.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
- {और} कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且}说
- Korean
- {그리고} 말했다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} berkata
- Bengali
- {এবং} বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- {Na} alisema
- Amharic
- {እና} አለ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} sọ
- Igbo
- {Na} sịrị
- Twi
- {Na} kaa
- Ewe
- {Ke} gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer par-O
- clause
va-YO-mer par-O el-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-YO-mer par-O el-ya-a-KOV kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI-kha
In context — Genesis 47:8
{And} said Pharaoh to Jacob how many days of years of your life
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (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.47.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.8.W1.S1) and character.