Genesis 22:4:6Gen.22.4.W6PAT

וַיַּ֥רְא

vayar

he saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAAR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
he saw
French
il vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
er sah
Russian
увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
उसने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
他看见了
Korean
그가 보았다
Indonesian
ia melihat
Bengali
তিনি দেখলেন
Tagalog
at nakita niya
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
ó rí
Igbo
ọ hụrụ
Twi
ohui
Ewe
ekpɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּ֥רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR ET-ha-ma-KOM

  3. sentence

    ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI va-yi-SA av-ra-HAM ET-ei-NAV va-YAR ET-ha-ma-KOM me-ra-KHOK

In contextGenesis 22:4

on the day third Abraham lifted up his eyes he saw the place from afar

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 22:4, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (vayar) 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.22.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.4.W6.S1) and character.