Exodus 12:31:1Exod.12.31.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרָא֩

vayikra

and he called

Transliteration
va-yik-RA
Extended
vah-yik-RAA
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
and he called
French
et il appela
Spanish
y llamó
Portuguese
e chamou
German
und er rief
Russian
и он позвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَنَادَى
Hindi
और उसने बुलाया
Chinese-Simplified
并呼叫了
Korean
그리고 그가 불렀다
Indonesian
dan ia memanggil
Bengali
আর তিনি ডাকলেন
Tagalog
at tumawag siya
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
እርሱም ጠራ
Yoruba
ó sì pè
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
na ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eye yɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָא֩
va + yik + ra
vayikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA le-mo-SHE u-le-a-ha-RON

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA le-mo-SHE u-le-a-ha-RON LAI-la va-YO-mer KU-mu tse-U mi-TOKH am-MI gam-a-TEM gam-be-NEI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA le-mo-SHE u-le-a-ha-RON LAI-la va-YO-mer KU-mu tse-U mi-TOKH am-MI gam-a-TEM gam-be-NEI yis-ra-EL u-le-KHU iv-DU et-ye-ho-VAH ke-da-BER-khem

In contextExodus 12:31

and he called to Moses and to Aaron at night and he said rise up go out from the midst of my people also you also the sons of Israel and go serve LORD as you have spoken

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 12:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֩ (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.12.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.31.W1.S1) and character.