Ruth 2:6:5Ruth.2.6.W5PAT

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

vayomar

said

Transliteration
va-yo-MAR
Extended
vah-yoh-MAHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈmar/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
说了
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּא + מַ֑ר
va + yo + mar
vayomar

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-MAR

  2. clause

    va-YA-an ha-NA-ar ha-nit-TSAV al-ha-koh-TSREEM va-yo-MAR

  3. sentence

    va-YA-an ha-NA-ar ha-nit-TSAV al-ha-koh-TSREEM va-yo-MAR na-a-RA mo-a-vi-YA HI ha-sha-VA im-na-o-MI mis-DEH mo-AV

In contextRuth 2:6

answered the young man the one standing over the reapers said a young woman a Moabite woman she the one who returned with Naomi from the field of Moab

About this coordinate

Ruth 2:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 2:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (vayomar) 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.2.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.6.W5.S1) and character.