Genesis 26:21:6Gen.26.21.W6TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“{And} he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he 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 | |
| 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 she-MAH
- clause
va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
Exegesis
The verse features a narrative sequence of wayyiqtol verbs: vayachperu {וַיַּחְפְּרוּ | wayyaḥpərû} “and they dug,” vayarivu {וַיָּרִיבוּ | wayyārîvû} “and they quarreled,” and vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiqrāʾ} “and he called.” The shared plural subject of the first two verbs refers to Isaac’s servants, while the singular subject in vayikra highlights Isaac himself in the act of naming.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Genesis 26:21
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah .
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.26.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W6.S1) and character.