Genesis 25:26:8Gen.25.26.W8PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“was called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was called
- French
- fut appelé
- Spanish
- fue llamado
- Portuguese
- foi chamado
- German
- wurde genannt
- Russian
- было названо
- Arabic-Simplified
- سُمِّيَ
- Hindi
- कहलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 被叫作
- Korean
- 불렸다
- Indonesian
- disebut
- Bengali
- ডাকা হল
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- liliitwa
- Amharic
- ተባለ
- Yoruba
- ni a pè
- Igbo
- a kpọrọ
- Twi
- wɔfrɛɛ no
- Ewe
- woyɔ
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 she-MO
- clause
ve-a-kha-rei-KHEN ya-TSA a-KHIV ve-ya-DO o-KHE-zet ba-a-KEV e-SAV va-yik-RA she-MO ya-a-KOV
- sentence
ve-a-kha-rei-KHEN ya-TSA a-KHIV ve-ya-DO o-KHE-zet ba-a-KEV e-SAV va-yik-RA she-MO ya-a-KOV ve-yits-KHAK ben-shi-SHIM sha-NA be-LE-det o-TAM
In context — Genesis 25:26
and after that his brother came out and his hand grasping the heel of Esau was called his name Jacob and Isaac sixty years old when she bore them
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 25:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.25.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.26.W8.S1) and character.