Genesis 16:15:5Gen.16.15.W5TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“{And He} called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} called
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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 av-RAM shem-be-NO
- clause
va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-yal-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
- sentence
va-TE-led ha-GAR le-av-RAM BEN va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-yal-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
Exegesis
The second clause opens with vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} ‘and he called’, with Avram {אַבְרָם | ʾaḇ-rām} immediately following, marking him as the agent naming the child.
In context — Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son whom Hagar had borne.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:15, 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 Gen.16.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.15.W5.S1) and character.