Exodus 2:12:4Exod.2.12.W4PAT
וַיַּ֖רְא
vayar
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
- French
- et il vit
- Spanish
- y vio
- Portuguese
- e viu
- German
- und er sah
- Russian
- и он увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- ورأى
- Hindi
- और उसने देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他看见
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 보았다
- Indonesian
- dan ia melihat
- Bengali
- আর তিনি দেখলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakita niya
- Swahili
- akaona
- Amharic
- እርሱም አየ
- Yoruba
- ó sì rí
- Igbo
- o wee hụ
- Twi
- na ohuu
- Ewe
- eye kpɔ
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH
- sentence
va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH va-YAKH et-ha-mits-RI va-yit-me-NE-hu ba-KHOL
In context — Exodus 2:12
and he turned this way and that way and he saw that there was no man and he struck the Egyptian and he hid him in the sand
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 2:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֖רְא (vayar) 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.2.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.12.W4.S1) and character.