1 Kings 17:21:51 Kgs.17.21.W5TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yihk-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
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 el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
Exegesis
The construction vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֥א | va-yik-rāʾ} ‘and he called’ plus el-yhwh1 {אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה | ʾel-yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’ introduces the petition.
Root and etymology
Rootqoph–resh–aleph
“to call”
In context — 1 Kings 17:21
And he stretched himself upon the boy three times and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , please let the soul of this boy return within him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.17.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.21.W5.S1) and character.