Genesis 9:12:1Gen.9.12.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

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
{就}说
Korean
{그리고} 말하였다
Indonesian
{Dan} berkata
Bengali
{এবং} বললেন
Tagalog
{At} nagsabi
Swahili
{Na} alisema
Amharic
{እና} አለ
Yoruba
{Sì} sọ
Igbo
{Na} sịrị
Twi
na kaa
Ewe
{Eye} gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + 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 e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ZOT ot-ha-be-RIT a-sher-a-NI no-TEN bei-NI u-vei-ne-KHEM u-VEIN kol-NE-fesh kha-YA a-SHER i-te-KHEM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ZOT ot-ha-be-RIT a-sher-a-NI no-TEN bei-NI u-vei-ne-KHEM u-VEIN kol-NE-fesh kha-YA a-SHER i-te-KHEM le-do-ROT o-LAM

In contextGenesis 9:12

God {And} said this sign of the covenant that I give between me and between you and between every creature living that with you for generations of eternity

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.9.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.12.W1.S1) and character.