Genesis 48:1:5Gen.48.1.W5PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

{And} was said

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

Meaning by language

English
{And} was said
French
{Et} fut dit
Spanish
{Y} fue dicho
Portuguese
{E} foi dito
German
{Und} wurde gesagt
Russian
{И} было сказано
Arabic-Simplified
وقيل
Hindi
{और} कहा गया
Chinese-Simplified
{于是} 被告知
Korean
{그리고} 말해졌다
Indonesian
{Dan} dikatakan
Bengali
{আর} বলা হল
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
{Na} akaambiwa
Amharic
{እና} ተባለ
Yoruba
{Ati} a sọ
Igbo
{Na} a gwara
Twi
{Na} wɔkae
Ewe
{Ke} wogblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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 le-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-YO-mer le-yo-SEF hi-NEH a-VI-kha kho-LEH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-YO-mer le-yo-SEF hi-NEH a-VI-kha kho-LEH va-yik-KAKH et-she-NEI va-NAIV im-MO et-me-na-SHE ve-et-ef-ra-YIM

In contextGenesis 48:1

{And} it happened after matters these {And} was said to Joseph behold your father is sick {And} he took two of his sons with him Manasseh and Ephraim

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 48:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.48.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.1.W5.S1) and character.