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
- pè
- 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 e-LAV
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.