Ruth 3:15:1Ruth.3.15.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

vayomer

he said

Transliteration
va-YO-mer
Extended
vah-YOH-mehr
IPA
/vajˈjoː.mɛr/

Meaning by language

English
he said
French
il dit
Spanish
él dijo
Portuguese
ele disse
German
er sagte
Russian
он сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
उसने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他说了
Korean
그가 말했다
Indonesian
dia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
sinabi niya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
እርሱ አለ
Yoruba
ó sọ
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
egblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֗א + מֶר
va + yo + mer
vayomer

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YO-mer

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-VEE ha-mit-PA-khat a-SHER-a-LA-YIKH veh-eh-KHOH-ZEE-bah va-TO-khez BAH

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-VEE ha-mit-PA-khat a-SHER-a-LA-YIKH veh-eh-KHOH-ZEE-bah va-TO-khez BAH va-YA-mad shehsh-seh-oh-RIM va-YA-shet a-LEH-ha va-ya-VO ha-IR

In contextRuth 3:15

he said bring the shawl which is on you hold it she held it he measured six measures of barley he put on her he came to the city

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 3:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.3.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.15.W1.S1) and character.