Genesis 26:20:9Gen.26.20.W9PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֤א

vayikra

he called

Transliteration
va-yik-RA
Extended
vah-yihk-RAA
IPA
/waj.jiq.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
he called
French
il appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
ele chamou
German
er nannte
Russian
он назвал
Arabic-Simplified
فسمّى
Hindi
उसने नाम रखा
Chinese-Simplified
他称
Korean
그가 이름지었다
Indonesian
ia menamai
Bengali
সে নাম রাখল
Tagalog
at pinangalanan niya
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ሰየመ
Yoruba
o pe
Igbo
o kpọrọ
Twi
ɔtoo
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 shem-ha-be-ER

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA shem-ha-be-ER E-sek KI hi-te-a-se-KU im-MO

  4. sentence

    va-ya-RI-vu ro-EI ge-RAR im-ro-EI yi-tse-KHAK le-MOR la-NU ha-MA-yim va-yik-RA shem-ha-be-ER E-sek KI hi-te-a-se-KU im-MO

In contextGenesis 26:20

herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac is ours the water saying the name of the well Esek he called because they contended with him

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 26:20, 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.26.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.20.W9.S1) and character.