Genesis 19:28:8Gen.19.28.W8PAT

וַיַּ֗רְא

vayar

and he saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
and he saw
French
et il vit
Spanish
y vio
Russian
и увидел
Arabic-Simplified
ورأى
Hindi
और देखा
Chinese-Simplified
并看见
Swahili
naye akaona
Twi
na ohuu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֗רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. clause

    va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN

  3. sentence

    va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN

In contextGenesis 19:28

and he looked down upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the face of land of the plain and he saw and behold smoke of went up the land like smoke of the furnace

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:28, 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.19.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W8.S1) and character.