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
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 shem-ha-be-ER
- clause
va-yik-RA shem-ha-be-ER E-sek KI hi-te-a-se-KU im-MO
- 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 context — Genesis 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.