Genesis 9:1:5Gen.9.1.W5PAT

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר

vayomer

and said

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

Meaning by language

English
and said
French
et dit
Spanish
y dijo
Portuguese
e disse
German
und sagte
Russian
и сказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَالَ
Hindi
और कहा
Chinese-Simplified
又说
Korean
그리고 말씀하셨다
Indonesian
dan berkata
Bengali
এবং বললেন
Tagalog
at sinabi
Swahili
na sema
Amharic
እና አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
na kwuru
Twi
ka
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֧א + 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 la-HEM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer la-HEM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ye-VA-rekh e-lo-HIM et-NO-akh ve-et-ba-NAV va-YO-mer la-HEM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 9:1

God {And} blessed Noah and his sons and said to them be fruitful multiply fill the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 9:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (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.9.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.1.W5.S1) and character.