Genesis 11:9:2Gen.11.9.W2PAT
קָרָ֤א
kara
“was called”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kah-RAA
- IPA
- /qa.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was called
- French
- fut appelé
- Spanish
- fue llamado
- Portuguese
- foi chamado
- German
- wurde genannt
- Russian
- было названо
- Arabic-Simplified
- سُمِّيَ
- Hindi
- कहलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 被称为
- Korean
- 불렸다
- Indonesian
- disebut
- Bengali
- রাখা হলো
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- liliitwa
- Amharic
- ተባለ
- Yoruba
- ni a pe
- Igbo
- a kpọrọ
- Twi
- wɔtoo
- Ewe
- woyɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA she-MAH
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz
- sentence
al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz u-mi-SHAM he-fi-TSAM Ye-ho-VAH al-pe-NEI kol-ha-A-retz
In context — Genesis 11:9
therefore its name was called Babel because there LORD confused language of all the earth and from there LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 11:9, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֤א (kara) 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.11.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.9.W2.S1) and character.