Ruth 2:8:1Ruth.2.8.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמֶר֩
vayomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dit
- Spanish
- dijo
- Portuguese
- disse
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- قال
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말했다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer BO-az el-RUT
- clause
va-YO-mer BO-az el-RUT ha-LO shah-MAH-at bi-TEE al-TEL-khee lil-KOT be-sa-DE a-KHER ve-GAM LO ta-a-VU-REE mi-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer BO-az el-RUT ha-LO shah-MAH-at bi-TEE al-TEL-khee lil-KOT be-sa-DE a-KHER ve-GAM LO ta-a-VU-REE mi-ZE ve-KHO tid-ba-KEEN im-na-a-ro-TAI
In context — Ruth 2:8
said Boaz to Ruth is it not you have heard my daughter do not go to glean in a field another and also not you will pass from here and thus you will cling with my young women
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 2:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (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 Ruth.2.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.8.W1.S1) and character.