Genesis 48:8:5Gen.48.8.W5PAT
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
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
- وَقَالَ
- Hindi
- उसने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그가 말하였다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- তিনি বললেন
- Tagalog
- at sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- እርሱ አለ
- Yoruba
- ó wí
- Igbo
- ọ sịrị
- Twi
- ɔkaa
- Ewe
- e gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + מֶר
↓
va + yo + mer
↓
vayomer
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh
- sentence
va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 48:8
{And} {He} saw Israel the sons of Joseph He said who are these
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 48:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (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.48.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.8.W5.S1) and character.