Genesis 16:15:5Gen.16.15.W5PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- nannte
- Russian
- назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- ودعا
- Hindi
- रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 称
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memberi
- Bengali
- রাখল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- too
- Ewe
- yɔ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO
- clause
va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-ya-le-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
- sentence
va-TE-led ha-GAR le-av-RAM BEN va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-ya-le-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
In context — Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son Abram called the name of his son Hagar whom she bore Ishmael
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֨א (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.16.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.15.W5.S1) and character.