Ruth 4:9:1Ruth.4.9.W1PAT

וַיֹּאמֶר֩

vayomer

said

Transliteration
va-yo-MER
Extended
vah-yoh-MEHR
IPA
/vaj.joˈmɛr/

Meaning by language

English
said
French
dit
Spanish
dijo
Portuguese
disse
German
sagte
Russian
сказал
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
कहा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
nagsabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sịrị
Twi
kaa
Ewe
gblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּא + מֶר֩
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM ve-KHOL-ha-AM e-DIM a-TEM ha-YOM KI ka-NI-ti et-KHOL-a-SHER le-e-li-ME-lekh ve-ET kol-a-SHER le-khil-YON u-makh-LON

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM ve-KHOL-ha-AM e-DIM a-TEM ha-YOM KI ka-NI-ti et-KHOL-a-SHER le-e-li-ME-lekh ve-ET kol-a-SHER le-khil-YON u-makh-LON mi-YAD na-o-MI

In contextRuth 4:9

said Boaz to the elders and all the people witnesses you are today that I have bought all that to Elimelech and all that to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi

About this coordinate

Ruth 4:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (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.4.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.9.W1.S1) and character.