Jonah 3:2:6Jonah.3.2.W6TAB
וִּקְרָ֤א
uikra
“and call”
- Transliteration
- u-ik-RA
- Extended
- oo-ihk-RAA
- IPA
- /uːʔiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and call
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
u-ik-RA e-LE-ha
- clause
u-ik-RA e-LE-ha et-ha-ke-ri-A a-SHER a-no-KHI do-VER e-LE-kha
- sentence
KUM LEKH el-ni-n-VE ha-IR ha-ge-do-LA u-ik-RA e-LE-ha et-ha-ke-ri-A a-SHER a-no-KHI do-VER e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The conjunction vav in u-kra {וּקְרָא | û-qə-rāʾ} marks an additional command ‘and call’.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqōp–resh–aleph
“to call”
In context — Jonah 3:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call to her the proclamation that I am speaking to you.
About this coordinate
Jonah 3:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jonah 3:2, so the Hebrew word וִּקְרָ֤א (uikra) 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 Jonah.3.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.3.2.W6.S1) and character.