Genesis 39:18:4Gen.39.18.W4TAB
וָאֶקְרָ֑א
vaekra
“I called out”
- Transliteration
- va-ek-RA
- Extended
- vah-ehk-RAA
- IPA
- /waː.ʔɛq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I called out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-ek-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct kaharimi koli {כַּהֲרִימִ֥י קוֹלִ֖י | ka-hă-rî-mî qô-lî} ‘as I lifted up my voice’ serves a temporal function, linking the act of raising the voice with the finite verb va’ekra {וָאֶקְרָ֑א | wa-ʾe-qrə-ʾā} ‘and I called out’. This foregrounds the reported shout as both deliberate and intense.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Genesis 39:18
And it happened, as I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 39:18, so the Hebrew word וָאֶקְרָ֑א (vaekra) 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.39.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.18.W4.S1) and character.