Genesis 48:2:3Gen.48.2.W3PAT
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
vayomer
“he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 그가 말하였다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi niya
- Swahili
- akasema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- o kwuru
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- wògblɔ
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-yag-GED le-ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer hin-NE bin-KHA yo-SEF BA e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yag-GED le-ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer hin-NE bin-KHA yo-SEF BA e-LE-kha va-yit-kha-ZEK yis-ra-EL va-YE-shev al-ha-mit-TA
In context — Genesis 48:2
{And} it was told to Jacob he said behold your son Joseph has come to you {And} strengthened himself Israel he sat on the bed
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 48:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (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.48.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.2.W3.S1) and character.