Genesis 16:11:9Gen.16.11.W9TAB
וְקָרָ֤את
vekaraat
“you shall call”
- Transliteration
- ve-ka-RAAT
- Extended
- veh-kah-RAAT
- IPA
- /və.qa.ˈraːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall call
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ka-RAAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ka-RAAT she-MO
- clause
ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
Exegesis
The clause vekarat shemo {וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ | wə-qā-rāʾt šə-mô} ‘and you shall call his name’ uses a perfect verb with vav to convey a command, introducing the divinely chosen name Yishmael {יִשְׁמָעֵאל | yiš-mā-ʿēl}, which the causal clause then explains.
In context — Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Look, you are pregnant and will bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְקָרָ֤את (vekaraat) 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 Gen.16.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.11.W9.S1) and character.