Genesis 20:8:4Gen.20.8.W4PAT
וַיִּקְרָא֙
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- rief
- Russian
- позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- دَعَا
- Hindi
- बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 召来
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকল
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- frɛɛ
- Ewe
- yɔ
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
- clause
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM me-OD
In context — Genesis 20:8
rose early in the morning Abimelech called to all his servants spoke all the words these in their ears the men were afraid very
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֙ (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.20.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.8.W4.S1) and character.