Genesis 50:11:8Gen.50.11.W8PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

vayomru

and they said

Transliteration
va-yom-RU
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/vaj.joːm.ˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
and they said
French
et ils dirent
Spanish
y dijeron
Portuguese
e disseram
German
und sie sagten
Russian
и сказали
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالُوا
Hindi
और उन्होंने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
就说
Korean
그리고 그들이 말했다
Indonesian
dan mereka berkata
Bengali
এবং তারা বলল
Tagalog
at sinabi nila
Swahili
wakasema
Amharic
እና አሉ
Yoruba
wọ́n sì sọ
Igbo
ha wee sị
Twi
na wɔkae
Ewe
eye woɖo gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣אמְ + ר֔וּ
va + yom + ru
vayomru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yom-RU

  2. clause

    va-YAR yo-SHEV ha-A-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI et-ha-E-vel be-GO-ren ha-a-TAD va-yom-RU E-vel-ka-VED ZE le-mits-RA-yim

  3. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SHEV ha-A-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI et-ha-E-vel be-GO-ren ha-a-TAD va-yom-RU E-vel-ka-VED ZE le-mits-RA-yim al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH a-VEL mits-RA-yim a-SHER be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN

In contextGenesis 50:11

and saw the inhabitant of the land the Canaanite the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad and they said a heavy mourning this for Egypt therefore he called its name Abel Mizraim which beyond the Jordan

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 50:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomru) 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.50.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.11.W8.S1) and character.