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
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
memberi
Bengali
রাখল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
too
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֨א
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 av-RAM shem-be-NO

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-ya-le-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.