Genesis 21:3:1Gen.21.3.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“{And He} called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.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-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM et-shem-be-NO ha-no-lad-LO a-sher-yal-da-LO sa-RA yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayyiqra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} as a narrative wayyiqtol verb advancing the action to the naming event.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim, name”
In context — Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac—the child born to him, the one Sarah bore for him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:3, 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 Gen.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.3.W1.S1) and character.