Genesis 48:16:7Gen.48.16.W7TAB
וְיִקָּרֵ֤א
veyikkare
“be called”
- Transliteration
- ve-yik-ka-RE
- Extended
- veh-yik-kah-REH
- IPA
- /və.jiq.qaː.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be called
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yik-ka-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM
- clause
ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK
- sentence
ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The Niphal jussive veyikkare bahem {וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם | wə-yiq-qā-rēʾ bā-hem} conveys covenantal naming, joining shemi veshem avotai {שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי | šə-mî wə-šēm ʾă-ḇō-ṯay} in a compact construct chain.
In context — Genesis 48:16
The angel who has redeemed me from all evil—may He bless these young men. May my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, abide with them, and may they multiply abundantly in the midst of the land.
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word וְיִקָּרֵ֤א (veyikkare) 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.48.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W7.S1) and character.