Exodus 19:3:4Exod.19.3.W4TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“and called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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-LAV Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
u-mo-SHEH a-LAA el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive vayiqra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} shifts focus to divine speech, with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as speaker.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, summon”
In context — Exodus 19:3
Moses ascended to God , and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and what you shall tell the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 19:3, 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.19.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.3.W4.S1) and character.