Exodus 3:4:6Exod.3.4.W6PAT

וַיִּקְרָא֩

vayikra

and called

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

Meaning by language

English
and called
French
et appela
Spanish
y llamó
Portuguese
e chamou
German
und rief
Russian
и воззвал
Arabic-Simplified
ونادى
Hindi
और पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
就呼叫
Korean
그리고 부르셨다
Indonesian
dan memanggil
Bengali
আর ডাকলেন
Tagalog
at tumawag
Swahili
akamwita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
ó sì pè
Igbo
o wee kpọọ
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 e-LAV e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA e-LAV e-lo-HIM mi-TOKH has-se-NEH va-YO-mer mo-SHEH mo-SHEH va-YO-mer hin-NE-ni

  4. sentence

    va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH KI SAR li-re-OT va-yik-RA e-LAV e-lo-HIM mi-TOKH has-se-NEH va-YO-mer mo-SHEH mo-SHEH va-YO-mer hin-NE-ni

In contextExodus 3:4

and he saw LORD that he turned aside to see and called to him God from the midst of the bush and said Moses Moses and he said here I am

About this coordinate

Exodus 3:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 3:4, 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.3.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.4.W6.S1) and character.