Joshua 22:34:1Josh.22.34.W1TAB
וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ
vayikreu
“And called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-reh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.rəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-re-U
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD la-miz-BE-akh KI ED HU bei-no-TEI-nu KI Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the compound subject benei Reuven {בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן | bə-nê rə’û-vên} “sons of Reuben” joined by u-benei Gad {וּבְנֵי־גָד | ū-bə-nê gāḏ} “and sons of Gad,” which governs the verb wayyiqreu {וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ | wayyiqrə’u} “and they called.”
In context — Joshua 22:34
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar Ed , saying, “For it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:34, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ (vayikreu) 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 Josh.22.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.34.W1.S1) and character.