1 Chronicles 21:26:91 Chr.21.26.W9TAB
וַיִּקְרָא֙
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-NE-HU va-ESH min-ha-sha-MA-yim AL miz-BA-akh ha-o-LA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN SHAM da-VID miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AL o-LOT u-she-la-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-NE-HU va-ESH min-ha-sha-MA-yim AL miz-BA-akh ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav-consecutive sequence to advance the storyline: vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | va-yîbēn} ‘and he built’, vayaʿăl {וַיַּעַל | va-yaʿăl} ‘and he offered up’, vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | va-yik̆rāʾ} ‘and he called’, and vayaʿănēhu {וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ | va-yaʿănēhû} ‘and he answered him’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:26
And there David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called to the LORD, and He answered him with fire from the heavens upon the altar of burnt offering .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 21:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֙ (vayikra) 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 1 Chr.21.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.26.W9.S1) and character.