Genesis 22:14:1Gen.22.14.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֧א

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
nannte
Russian
назвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَمَّى
Hindi
पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
menamai
Bengali
ডাকলেন
Tagalog
tinawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
frɛɛ
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֧א
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 av-ra-HAM

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU Ye-ho-VAH yi-re-EH

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU Ye-ho-VAH yi-re-EH a-SHER ye-a-MER ha-YOM be-HAR Ye-ho-VAH ye-ra-EH

In contextGenesis 22:14

Abraham called name of the place that LORD will provide as is said today on the mountain of LORD will be provided

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֧א (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.22.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.14.W1.S1) and character.