Exodus 19:20:7Exod.19.20.W7TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“{And He} called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.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 Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH al-HAR si-NAI el-ROSH ha-HAR va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The verb vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʼ} ‘and he called’ introduces the divine summons directed to lemosheh {לְמֹשֶׁה | lə-mō-šeh} ‘to Moses’. A second repetition of el-rosh ha-har emphasizes the summit as the designated meeting point.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, summon”
In context — Exodus 19:20
And the LORD descended to the summit of Mount Sinai; the LORD called Moses to the summit, and Moses ascended.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֨א (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 Exod.19.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.20.W7.S1) and character.