Ruth 2:22:1Ruth.2.22.W1PAT

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר

vatomer

said

Transliteration
va-TO-mer
Extended
vah-TOH-mehr
IPA
/vatˈto.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказала
Arabic-Simplified
قالت
Hindi
बोली
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለች
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תֹּ֥א + 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 na-o-MI

  3. clause

    va-TO-mer na-o-MI el-RUT ka-la-TAH

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer na-o-MI el-RUT ka-la-TAH TOV bi-TI KI te-tse-EE im-na-a-ro-TAV ve-LO yif-ge-OO-vakh be-sa-DE a-KHER

In contextRuth 2:22

said Naomi to Ruth her daughter-in-law good my daughter that you go out with his young women and not they will attack you in a field another

About this coordinate

Ruth 2:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 2:22, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֥אמֶר (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.2.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.22.W1.S1) and character.