Genesis 17:1:7Gen.17.1.W7PAT

וַיֵּרָ֨א

vayera

appeared

Transliteration
va-ye-RA
Extended
vah-yeh-RAA
IPA
/vaj.je.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
appeared
French
apparut
Spanish
apareció
Portuguese
apareceu
German
erschien
Russian
явился
Arabic-Simplified
وظهر
Hindi
प्रकट हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
显现
Korean
나타났다
Indonesian
menampakkan diri
Bengali
প্রকাশ পেলেন
Tagalog
at nagpakita
Swahili
alionekana
Amharic
ተገለጠ
Yoruba
farahan
Igbo
pụtara
Twi
yii ne ho adi
Ewe
ɖe eɖokui fia

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Result
וַ + יֵּ + רָ֨א
va + ye + ra
vayera

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
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-ye-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-ti-she-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM

In contextGenesis 17:1

Abram was son of ninety year and nine years LORD appeared to Abram said to him I am God Almighty walk before me be blameless

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 17:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרָ֨א (vayera) 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.17.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.1.W7.S1) and character.