Genesis 48:3:1Gen.48.3.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

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
{Él} dijo
Portuguese
{Ele} disse
German
{Er} sagte
Russian
{Он} сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
{उसने} कहा
Chinese-Simplified
{他}说
Korean
{그가} 말했다
Indonesian
{Ia} berkata
Bengali
{তিনি} বললেন
Tagalog
sinabi
Swahili
akasema
Amharic
{እርሱ} አለ
Yoruba
{Ó} sọ
Igbo
{Ọ} sịrị
Twi
{Ɔ} kaa
Ewe
{E} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֤א + 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 ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-yo-SEF EL sha-DAI nir-a-e-LAI be-LUZ be-ER-ets ke-NA-an

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-yo-SEF EL sha-DAI nir-a-e-LAI be-LUZ be-ER-ets ke-NA-an va-ye-va-REKH o-TI

In contextGenesis 48:3

{He} said Jacob to Joseph God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan He blessed me

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:3, 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.48.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.3.W1.S1) and character.