Genesis 26:18:16Gen.26.18.W16PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֤א

vayikra

he called

Transliteration
va-yik-RA
Extended
vah-yik-RAA
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
he called
French
il appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
er nannte
Russian
он назвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَدَعَا
Hindi
उसने पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
他称
Korean
그가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia menyebut
Bengali
সে ডাকল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
ó pe
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eɖo

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֤א
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 la-HEN

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA la-HEN she-MOT ka-she-MOT a-sher-ka-RA la-HEN a-VIV

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV yi-tse-KHAK va-yakh-POR et-be-e-ROT ha-MA-yim a-SHER khaf-RU bi-MEI a-vra-HAM a-VIV va-ye-sat-MUM pe-lish-TIM a-kha-REI MOT a-vra-HAM va-yik-RA la-HEN she-MOT ka-she-MOT a-sher-ka-RA la-HEN a-VIV

In contextGenesis 26:18

Isaac returned dug the wells of the water that they dug in the days of Abraham his father the Philistines stopped them up after the death of Abraham he called to them names like the names that he called to them his father

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 26:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֤א (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.26.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.18.W16.S1) and character.