Exodus 12:21:1Exod.12.21.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and called
- French
- et appela
- Spanish
- y llamó
- Portuguese
- e chamou
- German
- und rief
- Russian
- и призвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَدَعَا
- Hindi
- और बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就召了
- Korean
- 그리고 불렀다
- Indonesian
- lalu memanggil
- Bengali
- এবং ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- at tumawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- si pè
- Igbo
- wee kpọọ
- Twi
- na frɛɛ
- Ewe
- eyɔ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yik-RA mo-SHEH le-khol-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-RA mo-SHEH le-khol-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER a-le-HEM mish-KHU u-ke-KHU la-KHEM TSON le-mish-pe-kho-tei-KHEM ve-sha-kha-TU ha-PA-sakh
In context — Exodus 12:21
and called Moses to all the elders of Israel and said to them draw out and take for yourselves small livestock for your families and slaughter the Passover
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 12:21, 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 Exod.12.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.21.W1.S1) and character.