Genesis 1:21:17Gen.1.21.W17PAT
וַיַּ֥רְא
vayar
“{He} saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} saw
- French
- {Il} vit
- Spanish
- {Él} vio
- Portuguese
- {Ele} viu
- German
- {Er} sah
- Russian
- {Он} увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى
- Hindi
- {उसने} देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {祂}看见了
- Korean
- {그분이} 보셨다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- {তিনি} দেখলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- akaona
- Amharic
- አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
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 | |
| 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
ve-ET kol-NE-fesh ha-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim le-mi-NE-hem ve-ET kol-OF ka-NAF le-mi-NE-hu va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
- sentence
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-ta-ni-NIM ha-ge-do-LIM ve-ET kol-NE-fesh ha-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim le-mi-NE-hem ve-ET kol-OF ka-NAF le-mi-NE-hu va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
In context — Genesis 1:21
God {And He} created great the sea creatures and every creature the living the moving with which swarmed the waters according to their kinds and every bird winged according to its kind God {He} saw that it was good
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 1:21, 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.1.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.21.W17.S1) and character.