Exodus 8:15:1Exod.8.15.W1PATWLC Exodus 8:11

וַיַּ֣רְא

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 देखा
Chinese-Simplified
就看见
Korean
그리고 보았다
Indonesian
dan melihat
Bengali
এবং দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
እና አየ
Yoruba
o si ri
Igbo
wee hu
Twi
na ohuu
Ewe
eye

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֣רְא
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR par-O

  3. clause

    va-YAR par-O KI ha-ye-TA ha-re-va-KHA ve-hakh-BED et-lib-BO ve-lo-sha-MA a-LE-hem

  4. sentence

    va-YAR par-O KI ha-ye-TA ha-re-va-KHA ve-hakh-BED et-lib-BO ve-lo-sha-MA a-LE-hem ka-a-SHER dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH

In contextExodus 8:15

and saw Pharaoh that there was the respite and hardened his heart and did not listen to them as had spoken LORD

About this coordinate

Exodus 8:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 8:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (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.8.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.15.W1.S1) and character.