Genesis 12:8:15Gen.12.8.W15PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֖א
vayikra
“he called on”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he called on
- French
- il invoqua
- Spanish
- invocó
- Portuguese
- invocou
- German
- rief an
- Russian
- призвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 求告了
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- menyeru
- Bengali
- আহ্বান করল
- Tagalog
- at tumawag
- Swahili
- akaliitia
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó pè sí
- Igbo
- ọ kpọkuru
- Twi
- ɔfrɛɛ
- Ewe
- eyɔ
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 12:8
from there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel he pitched his tent Bethel on the west and Ai on the east he built there an altar to the LORD he called on the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֖א (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.12.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W15.S1) and character.