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

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֖א + 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. clause

    va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh

  3. sentence

    va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh

In contextGenesis 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.