Genesis 48:4:1Gen.48.4.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

vayomer

He said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
He said
French
il dit
Spanish
él dijo
Portuguese
ele disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وقال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
Dia berkata
Bengali
তিনি বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ be

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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 e-LAI

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM

In contextGenesis 48:4

He said to me behold, I will make you fruitful will multiply you will make you into an assembly of peoples I will give land this to your offspring after you a possession everlasting

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:4, 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.48.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.4.W1.S1) and character.