Judges 13:24:4Judg.13.24.W4TAB

וַתִּקְרָ֥א

vatikra

“and she called”

Transliteration: va-tik-RA
Extended: vah-tik-RAA
IPA: /vat.tiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: and she called

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + תִּקְ + רָ֥א

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va + tik + ra

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vatikra

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top
	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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

word
va-tik-RA
phraseyour reading level
va-tik-RA et-she-MO
clause
va-te-LED ha-i-SHA BEN va-tik-RA et-she-MO shim-sHON
sentence
va-te-LED ha-i-SHA BEN va-tik-RA et-she-MO shim-sHON va-yig-DAL ha-NA-ar va-ye-va-re-KHE-hu Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The noun ben {בֵּ֔ן | bēn} ‘a son’ marks the new arrival, followed by vatikra {וַתִּקְרָ֥א | waṯ-tik-rāʾ} ‘and she called’ which forms the naming clause with et-shemo {אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ | ʾet-šəm-mō} ‘his name’.

In context — Judges 13:24

And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. The youth grew, and the LORD blessed him.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 13:24, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֥א (vatikra) 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 Judg.13.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.24.W4.S1) and character.

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