Ruth 4:11:1Ruth.4.11.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ
vayomeru
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ME-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛ.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
- French
- dirent
- Spanish
- dijeron
- Portuguese
- disseram
- German
- sagten
- Russian
- сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- قالوا
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说了
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- sinabi
- Swahili
- wakasema
- Amharic
- ተናገሩ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sịrị
- Twi
- kasae
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-ME-ru
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru kol-ha-AM a-sher-ba-sha-AR ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM e-DIM
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru kol-ha-AM a-sher-ba-sha-AR ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM e-DIM yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-i-SHA ha-ba-A el-BE-te-kha keh-ra-KHEL oo-kheh-le-A a-SHER ba-NU she-TE-hem et-BET yis-ra-EL va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA u-kra-SHEM be-VET la-KHEM
In context — Ruth 4:11
said all the people who were at the gate and the elders witnesses give LORD the woman the one coming to your house like Rachel and like Leah who built together the house of Israel act worthily in Ephrathah call a name in the house of Bethlehem
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (vayomeru) 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.4.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.11.W1.S1) and character.