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
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 e-LAV e-lo-HIM
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.