Genesis 21:11:1Gen.21.11.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֧רַע
vayera
“was displeasing”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jeː.ˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was displeasing
- French
- fut déplaisante
- Spanish
- fue desagradable
- Portuguese
- foi desagradável
- German
- war übel
- Russian
- было худо
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَاءَ
- Hindi
- बुरी लगी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 令人不悦
- Korean
- 못마땅하였다
- Indonesian
- tidak menyenangkan
- Bengali
- অপ্রীতিকর হল
- Tagalog
- naging masama
- Swahili
- likawa baya
- Amharic
- ክፉ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- burú
- Igbo
- dị njọ
- Twi
- yɛɛ bɔne
- Ewe
- me vɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֧ + רַע
↓
va + ye + ra
↓
vayera
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-ye-RA ha-da-VAR me-OD be-e-NE av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-ye-RA ha-da-VAR me-OD be-e-NE av-ra-HAM AL o-DOT be-NO
In context — Genesis 21:11
the matter was displeasing very in the eyes of Abraham on account of his son
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֧רַע (vayera) 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.11.W1.S1) and character.