Ruth 3:18:1Ruth.3.18.W1PAT

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙

vatomer

she said

Transliteration
va-to-MER
Extended
vah-toh-MEHR
IPA
/vat.toˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
she said
French
elle a dit
Spanish
ella dijo
Portuguese
ela disse
German
sie sagte
Russian
сказала
Arabic-Simplified
قالت
Hindi
बोली
Chinese-Simplified
她说
Korean
그녀가 말했다
Indonesian
dia berkata
Bengali
সে বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi siya
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለች
Yoruba
ó sọ̀
Igbo
ọ sịrị
Twi
ɔkaa
Ewe
e gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תֹּ֙א + מֶר֙
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. clause

    va-to-MER she-VI bit-TI AD a-SHER teh-de-EEN EKH yip-POL da-VAR

  3. sentence

    va-to-MER she-VI bit-TI AD a-SHER teh-de-EEN EKH yip-POL da-VAR KI LO yish-KOT ha-ISH KEE-IM-kih-LAH ha-da-VAR ha-YOM

In contextRuth 3:18

she said sit my daughter until that you will know how turns out the matter for not will rest the man unless he finishes the matter today

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 3:18, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.3.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.18.W1.S1) and character.