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
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 la-HEN
- clause
va-yik-RA la-HEN she-MOT ka-she-MOT a-sher-ka-RA la-HEN a-VIV
- 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 context — Genesis 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.