Exodus 3:2:8Exod.3.2.W8PAT

וַיַּ֗רְא

vayar

and saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
and saw
French
et vit
Spanish
y vio
Portuguese
e viu
German
und sah
Russian
и увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
और उसने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
就看见
Korean
그리고 보았다
Indonesian
dan melihat
Bengali
আর দেখলেন
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
እና አየ
Yoruba
o si ri
Igbo
wee hụ
Twi
na ohui
Ewe
eye kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּ֗רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. clause

    va-YAR ve-hi-NEH has-se-NEH bo-ER ba-ESH ve-has-se-NEH ei-NEN-nu u-KAL

  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 3:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 3:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗רְא (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.3.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.2.W8.S1) and character.