Exodus 2:22:3Exod.2.22.W3PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called
- French
- et il appela
- Spanish
- y él llamó
- Portuguese
- e ele chamou
- German
- und er nannte
- Russian
- и он назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- और उसने नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他给
- Korean
- 그가 지었다
- Indonesian
- dan ia menamai
- Bengali
- এবং সে নাম রাখল
- Tagalog
- at siya ay tumawag
- Swahili
- naye akaita
- Amharic
- እርሱም ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó sì pè
- Igbo
- ọ kpọkwara
- Twi
- na ɔtoo
- Ewe
- eye yɔ
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA et-she-MO
- clause
va-TE-led BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ger-SHOM
- sentence
va-TE-led BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets nokh-ri-YA
In context — Exodus 2:22
and she bore a son and he called his name Gershom for he said a sojourner I have been in a land foreign
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 2:22, 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.2.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.22.W3.S1) and character.