Exodus 3:2:1Exod.3.2.W1PAT

וַ֠יֵּרָא

vayera

and appeared

Transliteration
va-ye-RA
Extended
vah-yeh-RAA
IPA
/vaj.je.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
and appeared
French
et apparut
Spanish
y apareció
Portuguese
e apareceu
German
und erschien
Russian
и явился
Arabic-Simplified
وَظَهَرَ
Hindi
और प्रकट हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就显现
Korean
그리고 나타났다
Indonesian
dan menampakkan diri
Bengali
এবং দেখা দিলেন
Tagalog
at nagpakita
Swahili
akaonekana
Amharic
እና ታየ
Yoruba
si farahan
Igbo
wee pụta
Twi
na oyii ne ho adi
Ewe
eye ɖe eɖokui fia

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ֠ + יֵּ + רָא
va + ye + ra
vayera

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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-ye-RA

  2. clause

    va-ye-RA mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV be-la-bat-ESH mi-TOKH has-se-NEH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-RA mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV be-la-bat-ESH mi-TOKH has-se-NEH va-YAR ve-hi-NEH has-se-NEH bo-ER ba-ESH ve-has-se-NEH ei-NEN-nu u-KAL

In contextExodus 3:2

and appeared angel LORD to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush and saw and behold the bush burning in the fire and the bush was not consumed

About this coordinate

Exodus 3:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 3:2, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יֵּרָא (vayera) 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.3.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.2.W1.S1) and character.