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