Genesis 18:2:9Gen.18.2.W9PAT
וַיַּ֗רְא
vayar
“He saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAAR
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- He saw
- French
- vit
- Spanish
- vio
- Portuguese
- viu
- German
- sah
- Russian
- увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- akaona
- Amharic
- አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- ohuu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
- sentence
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes He saw behold three men standing before him He saw to meet them He ran from the entrance of the tent He bowed down to the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗רְא (vayar) 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.18.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W9.S1) and character.