Genesis 21:3:1Gen.21.3.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- nannte
- Russian
- назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسمّى
- Hindi
- नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起名
- Korean
- 이름지었다
- Indonesian
- menamai
- Bengali
- নাম দিল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- too
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֨א
↓
va + yik + ra
↓
vayikra
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM et-shem-be-NO ha-no-lad-LO a-sher-yal-da-LO sa-RA yits-KHAK
In context — Genesis 21:3
Abraham called the name of his son the one born to him whom she bore to him Sarah Isaac
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:3, 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.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.3.W1.S1) and character.