Genesis 48:19:3Gen.48.19.W3PAT

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vayomer

he said

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

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말하였다
Indonesian
ia berkata
Bengali
তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ̀
Igbo
o sịrị
Twi
ɔkae
Ewe
egblɔ be

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
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. clause

    va-ye-ma-EN a-VIV va-YO-mer ya-DA-ti be-NI ya-DA-ti gam-HU yih-yeh-le-AM ve-gam-HU yig-DAL

  3. sentence

    va-ye-ma-EN a-VIV va-YO-mer ya-DA-ti be-NI ya-DA-ti gam-HU yih-yeh-le-AM ve-gam-HU yig-DAL ve-u-LAM a-KHIV ha-ka-TON yig-DAL mi-MEN-nu ve-zar-O yih-YEH me-lo-ha-go-YIM

In contextGenesis 48:19

{And} {he} refused his father he said I know my son I know he also will become a people and he also will become great however his brother the younger will be greater than him and his offspring will be fullness of the nations

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 48:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.48.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.19.W3.S1) and character.