Genesis 48:21:1Gen.48.21.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“{He} said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وقال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer yis-ra-EL el-yo-SEF hin-NEH a-no-KHI MET
- sentence
va-YO-mer yis-ra-EL el-yo-SEF hin-NEH a-no-KHI MET ve-ha-YA e-lo-HIM im-ma-KHEM ve-he-SHIV et-KHEM el-E-rets a-vo-TE-khem
In context — Genesis 48:21
{He} said Israel to Joseph behold I am dying will be God with you He will bring back you to the land of your fathers
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (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.48.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.21.W1.S1) and character.