Genesis 16:13:1Gen.16.13.W1PAT

וַתִּקְרָ֤א

vatikra

she called

Transliteration
va-tik-RA
Extended
vah-tik-RAA
IPA
/wat.tiq.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
she called
French
elle appela
Spanish
ella llamó
Portuguese
ela chamou
German
sie rief
Russian
она назвала
Arabic-Simplified
ودعت
Hindi
उसने पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
她称呼
Korean
그녀가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia menyebut
Bengali
সে ডাকল
Tagalog
tinawag niya
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
እርስዋ ጠራች
Yoruba
ó pe
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
e yɔ

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Result
וַ + תִּקְ + רָ֤א
va + tik + ra
vatikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-tik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I

  4. sentence

    va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I

In contextGenesis 16:13

she called the name of the LORD the one speaking to her you are God who sees for she said even here I have seen after the one seeing me

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:13, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֤א (vatikra) 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.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.13.W1.S1) and character.