Genesis 1:18:9Gen.1.18.W9PAT
וַיַּ֥רְא
vayar
“{And He} saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} saw
- French
- {Et Il} vit
- Spanish
- {Y Él} vio
- Portuguese
- {E Ele} viu
- German
- {Und Er} sah
- Russian
- {И Он} увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى
- Hindi
- {और वह} देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并 祂} 看见
- Korean
- {그리고 그가} 보셨다
- Indonesian
- {Dan Dia} melihat
- Bengali
- {এবং তিনি} দেখলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- {Na Yeye} aliona
- Amharic
- {እና እርሱ} አየ
- Yoruba
- {Ati Ó} rí
- Igbo
- {Na Ọ} hụrụ
- Twi
- {Na O} huu
- Ewe
- {Ke E} kpɔ
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
- sentence
ve-lim-SHOL ba-YOM u-va-LAI-la u-la-hav-DIL BEIN ha-OR u-VEIN ha-KHO-shekh va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
In context — Genesis 1:18
{And} to rule over the day and over the night and to separate between the light and the darkness God {And He} saw that it was good
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 1:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (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 Gen.1.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.18.W9.S1) and character.