Genesis 32:2:8Gen.32.2.W8TABWLC Genesis 32:3
וַיִּקְרָא
vayikera
“he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ke-RA
- Extended
- vah-yih-keh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yi-ke-RA
- sentence
va-yo-MER ya-a-KOV ka-a-SHER RA-am ma-kha-NE e-lo-HIM ZEH va-yi-ke-RA shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU ma-kha-na-YIM
Exegesis
Vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiq-rāʾ} then marks the naming action, with shem-hamakom ha-hu {שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא} serving as the object “the name of that place,” culminating in machanayim {מַחֲנָיִם | ma-ḥă-nā-yim}. The dual form of machanayim evokes the twin camps motif, preserved in English through the explanatory note.
In context — Genesis 32:2
Upon seeing them, Jacob declared, “This is the camp of God ,” and he named that place Mahanaim .
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 32:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא (vayikera) 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.32.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.2.W8.S1) and character.