Numbers 21:3:10Num.21.3.W10TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM
- clause
va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
Exegesis
The final vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֥א | wayyiqrāʾ} plus shem-hamakom {שֵׁם־הַמָּק֖וֹם | šēm-hammāqôm} follows the Hebrew etiological pattern of naming places after significant events, maintaining the sequence of divine response, action, and commemoration.
In context — Numbers 21:3
And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and He gave the Canaanite into their hand; and He utterly destroyed them and their cities; and He called the place Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (vayikra) 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 Num.21.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W10.S1) and character.