Genesis 21:33:5Gen.21.33.W5TAB
וַיִּ֨קְרָא־שָׁ֔ם
vayikrasham
“{And} He called there”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ra-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yihk-rah-SHAAM
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.raː.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} He called there
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ra-SHAM
- clause
va-yik-ra-SHAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH EL o-LAM
- sentence
va-yit-TA E-shel bi-ve-ER sha-VA va-yik-ra-SHAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH EL o-LAM
Exegesis
A second wayyiqtol, vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא־ | wayyiq-rāʾ-}, introduces the subsequent invocation, with sham {שָׁם | šām} linking it to the same place.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Genesis 21:33
At Beersheba Abraham planted a tamarisk tree, and there he invoked the name of the LORD , the everlasting God .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:33, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֨קְרָא־שָׁ֔ם (vayikrasham) 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.21.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.33.W5.S1) and character.