Ruth 4:5:1Ruth.4.5.W1PAT
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer BO-az
- clause
va-YO-mer BO-az be-YOM-ke-NOT-kha ha-sa-DEH mi-YAD na-o-MI
- sentence
va-YO-mer BO-az be-YOM-ke-NOT-kha ha-sa-DEH mi-YAD na-o-MI u-me-ET RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet-ha-MET ka-ni-TI ka-ni-TA le-ha-KIM SHEM-ha-MET al-na-kha-la-TO
In context — Ruth 4:5
said Boaz on the day of your buying the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite woman wife of the dead I bought you bought to establish name of the dead on his inheritance
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (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.4.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.5.W1.S1) and character.