Genesis 12:7:1Gen.12.7.W1PAT

וַיֵּרָ֤א

vayera

appeared

Transliteration
va-ye-RA
Extended
vah-yeh-RAA
IPA
/vaj.je.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
appeared
French
apparut
Spanish
apareció
Portuguese
apareceu
German
erschien
Russian
явился
Arabic-Simplified
وَظَهَرَ
Hindi
प्रकट हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
显现
Korean
나타나셨다
Indonesian
menampakkan diri
Bengali
প্রকাশ হলেন
Tagalog
at nagpakita
Swahili
alionekana
Amharic
ታየ
Yoruba
farahàn
Igbo
pụtara ìhè
Twi
yii ne ho adi
Ewe
ɖe eɖokui fia

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Result
וַ + יֵּ + רָ֤א
va + ye + ra
vayera

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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-ye-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-YO-mer le-zar-a-KHA et-TEN et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-YO-mer le-zar-a-KHA et-TEN et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV

In contextGenesis 12:7

LORD appeared to Abram He said I will give land this to your offspring He built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרָ֤א (vayera) 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.12.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.7.W1.S1) and character.