Genesis 1:10:1Gen.1.10.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֨א

vayikra

{And He} called

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

Meaning by language

English
{And He} called
French
{Et Il} appela
Spanish
{Y Él} llamó
Portuguese
{E Ele} chamou
German
{Und Er} nannte
Russian
{И Он} назвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَمَّى
Hindi
{और वह} कहा
Chinese-Simplified
{并祂}称
Korean
{그리고 그가} 불렀다
Indonesian
{Dan Dia} menamai
Bengali
{আর তিনি} ডাকলেন
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
{Na Yeye} aliita
Amharic
{እና እርሱ} ጠራ
Yoruba
{Ati O} pè
Igbo
{Na Ọ} kpọrọ
Twi
{Na Ɔno} frɛɛ
Ewe
{Eye E} yɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֨א
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-lo-HIM la-yab-ba-SHA

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-yab-ba-SHA E-rets u-le-mik-VE ha-MA-yim ka-RA ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-yab-ba-SHA E-rets u-le-mik-VE ha-MA-yim ka-RA ya-MIM va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV

In contextGenesis 1:10

God {And He} called the dry land Earth and the gathering of the waters He called Seas God {And He} saw that it was good

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 1:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֨א (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 Gen.1.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.10.W1.S1) and character.