Genesis 22:11:1Gen.22.11.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
rief
Russian
позвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَنَادَى
Hindi
पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
呼叫
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
memanggil
Bengali
ডাকলেন
Tagalog
at tumawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
frɛɛ
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֨א
va + yik + ra
vayikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA e-LAV

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM av-ra-HAM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM av-ra-HAM va-YO-mer hin-NE-ni

In contextGenesis 22:11

angel of the LORD called to him from the heavens he said Abraham Abraham he said here I am

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:11, 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.22.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.11.W1.S1) and character.