Genesis 19:5:1Gen.19.5.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ
vayikreu
“{And} they called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-reh-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.rə.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U el-LOT
- clause
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la ho-tsi-EM e-LEI-nu ve-ne-de-AH o-TAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol sequence vayikre'u {וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ | wayyiqreʾû} (‘and they called out’) followed by vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmrû} (‘and they said’), a narrative progression through prefixed imperfect verbs.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, cry out”
In context — Genesis 19:5
They called to Lot and asked, “Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (vayikreu) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.5.W1.S1) and character.