Ruth 2:20:1Ruth.2.20.W1PAT
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר
vatomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказала
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالت
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说了
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለች
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kaa
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-to-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER na-o-MI
- clause
va-to-MER na-o-MI le-kal-LA-tah ba-RUKH HU la-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER loh-ah-ZAV KHAS-do et-ha-kha-YEEM veh-et-ha-me-TEEM
- sentence
va-to-MER na-o-MI le-kal-LA-tah ba-RUKH HU la-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER loh-ah-ZAV KHAS-do et-ha-kha-YEEM veh-et-ha-me-TEEM va-to-MER LA na-o-MI ka-ROV la-NU ha-ISH mi-go-a-LEH-nu HU
In context — Ruth 2:20
said Naomi to her daughter-in-law blessed he to the LORD who did not forsake his kindness the living and the dead said to her Naomi close to us the man one of our redeemers he
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 2:20, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (vatomer) 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 Ruth.2.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.20.W1.S1) and character.