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

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
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 she-MO

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.