Ruth 2:20:12Ruth.2.20.W12PAT

וַתֹּ֧אמֶר

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

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Result
וַ + תֹּ֧א + מֶר
va + to + mer
vatomer

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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-to-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-to-MER LA na-o-MI

  3. clause

    va-to-MER LA na-o-MI ka-ROV la-NU ha-ISH mi-go-a-LEH-nu HU

  4. 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 contextRuth 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 2:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ruth 2:20, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.20.W12.S1) and character.