Exodus 8:25:1Exod.8.25.W1PATWLC Exodus 8:21
וַיִּקְרָ֣א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called
- French
- et il appela
- Spanish
- y llamó
- Portuguese
- e chamou
- German
- und er rief
- Russian
- и позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- और उसने बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就召了
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 불렀다
- Indonesian
- lalu memanggil
- Bengali
- আর তিনি ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- at tumawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- እርሱም ጠራ
- Yoruba
- o si pe
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA par-O
- clause
va-yik-RA par-O el-mo-SHE u-le-a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-yik-RA par-O el-mo-SHE u-le-a-ha-RON va-YO-mer le-KHU ziv-KHU le-e-lo-hei-KHEM ba-A-rets
In context — Exodus 8:25
and he called Pharaoh to Moses and to Aaron and he said go sacrifice to your God in the land
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 8:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֣א (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.8.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.25.W1.S1) and character.