1 Kings 17:10:121 Kgs.17.10.W12TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֤א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called
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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA e-LE-ha
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR ke-KHI-NA LI me-AT-ma-YIM ba-khe-LI ve-esh-TE
- sentence
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM va-yik-RA e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR ke-KHI-NA LI me-AT-ma-YIM ba-khe-LI ve-esh-TE
Root and etymology
Rootqoph–resh–aleph
“to call”
In context — 1 Kings 17:10
And he arose and went to Zarephath , and he came to the entrance of the city, and behold, there was a widow gathering sticks . And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֤א (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 Kgs.17.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.10.W12.S1) and character.