Ruth 4:3:1Ruth.4.3.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
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
- 说了
- Korean
- 말했다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলল
- Tagalog
- nagsabi
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- አለ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- kwuru
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer la-go-EL khel-KAT ha-sa-DE a-SHER le-a-KHI-nu le-e-li-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-go-EL khel-KAT ha-sa-DE a-SHER le-a-KHI-nu le-e-li-ME-lekh ma-khe-RA na-o-MI ha-sha-VA mi-se-DE mo-AV
In context — Ruth 4:3
said to the redeemer parcel of the field which to our relative to Elimelech sold Naomi the one returning from the field of Moab
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.4.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.3.W1.S1) and character.