Genesis 20:9:1Gen.20.9.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
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
- وَنَادَى
- Hindi
- बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 叫来
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-av-ra-HAM va-YO-mer LO meh-a-SI-ta LA-nu u-me-kha-TA-ti LAKH ki-he-VE-a-ta a-LAI ve-al-mam-lakh-TI kha-ta-A ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-av-ra-HAM va-YO-mer LO meh-a-SI-ta LA-nu u-me-kha-TA-ti LAKH ki-he-VE-a-ta a-LAI ve-al-mam-lakh-TI kha-ta-A ge-do-LA ma-a-SIM a-SHER lo-ye-a-SU a-SI-ta im-ma-DI
In context — Genesis 20:9
Abimelech called Abraham he said to him what did you do to us and in what have I sinned against you that you have brought great sin upon me and upon my kingdom you did deeds to me which are not done
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:9, 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.20.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.9.W1.S1) and character.