Genesis 2:20:1Gen.2.20.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“{And He} gave”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} gave
- French
- {Et Il} donna
- Spanish
- {Y Él} dio
- Portuguese
- {E Ele} deu
- German
- {Und Er} gab
- Russian
- {И он} дал
- Arabic-Simplified
- {وهو} سَمَّى
- Hindi
- {और उसने} दिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- {他就}起了
- Korean
- {그리고 그는} 붙였다
- Indonesian
- {Dan Dia} memberi
- Bengali
- {এবং সে} দিল
- Tagalog
- {At Siya} nagbigay
- Swahili
- {Na Yeye} akatoa
- Amharic
- {እርሱም} ሰጠ
- Yoruba
- {Ati Ó} fún
- Igbo
- {Ma Ọ} nyere
- Twi
- {Na Ɔno} maa
- Ewe
- {Ke E} na
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM she-MOT le-khol-hab-be-he-MA u-le-OF hash-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL khai-YAT has-sa-DE
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM she-MOT le-khol-hab-be-he-MA u-le-OF hash-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL khai-YAT has-sa-DE u-le-a-DAM lo-ma-TSA E-zer ke-neg-DO
In context — Genesis 2:20
the man {And He} gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field a helper was not found but for Adam corresponding to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:20, 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.2.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.20.W1.S1) and character.