Genesis 13:4:6Gen.13.4.W6PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֥א

vayikra

invoked

Transliteration
va-yik-RA
Extended
vah-yik-RAA
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
invoked
French
invoqua
Spanish
invocó
Portuguese
invocou
German
rief an
Russian
призвал
Arabic-Simplified
ودعا
Hindi
पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
求告
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
memanggil
Bengali
ডাকল
Tagalog
at tumawag
Swahili
aliitia
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
frɛe
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
va + yik + ra
vayikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
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-yik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA SHAM av-RAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    el-me-KOM ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER-a-SA SHAM ba-ri-sho-NA va-yik-RA SHAM av-RAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 13:4

to the place of the altar which he made at first there there Abram invoked the name of LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 13:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.13.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.4.W6.S1) and character.