Genesis 48:9:1Gen.48.9.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

vayomer

“{And} {He} said”

Transliteration: va-YO-mer
Extended: vah-YOH-mehr
IPA: /waj.ˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English: {And} {He} said
French: {Et} {il} dit
Spanish: {Y} {él} dijo
Portuguese: {E} {ele} disse
German: {Und} {er} sagte
Russian: {И} {он} сказал
Arabic-Simplified: وقال
Hindi: {और} {उसने} कहा
Chinese-Simplified: {并且} {他} 说
Korean: {그리고} {그가} 말했다
Indonesian: {Dan} {ia} berkata
Bengali: {আর} {তিনি} বললেন
Tagalog: at sinabi
Swahili: {Na} {yeye} alisema
Amharic: {እና} {እርሱ} አለ
Yoruba: {Ati} {òun} sọ
Igbo: {Na} {ọ} sịrị
Twi: {Na} {ɔno} kaa
Ewe: {Eye} {e} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יֹּ֤א + מֶר

↓

va + yo + mer

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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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The word

Word in context

word
va-YO-mer
phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yo-SEF
clause
va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV ba-NAI HEM a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM ba-ZEH
sentence
va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV ba-NAI HEM a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM ba-ZEH va-YO-mar ka-khem-NA e-LAI va-a-va-ra-KHEM

In context — Genesis 48:9

{And} {He} said Joseph to his father my sons they whom gave me God here {And} He said bring them, please to me that I may bless them

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:9, 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.48.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.9.W1.S1) and character.

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