Genesis 22:15:1Gen.22.15.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֛א
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
- rief
- Russian
- позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- نَادَى
- Hindi
- पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 呼叫
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- tumawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- frɛɛ
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֛א
↓
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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yik-RA mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-RA mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-av-ra-HAM she-NIT min-ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 22:15
angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֛א (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.22.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.15.W1.S1) and character.