Genesis 19:5:1Gen.19.5.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ
vayikreu
“they called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-reh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.rə.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they called
- French
- ils appelèrent
- Spanish
- llamaron
- Portuguese
- chamaram
- German
- sie riefen
- Russian
- они позвали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَنَادَوْا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们呼叫
- Korean
- 그들이 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tumawag sila
- Swahili
- waliita
- Amharic
- ጠሩ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n pè
- Igbo
- ha kpọrọ
- Twi
- wɔfrɛɛ
- Ewe
- woyɔ
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U el-LOT
- clause
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la ho-tsi-EM e-LEI-nu ve-ne-de-AH o-TAM
In context — Genesis 19:5
they called to Lot they said to him where the men who came to you tonight bring them out to us that we may know them
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (vayikreu) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.5.W1.S1) and character.