Genesis 26:21:6Gen.26.21.W6PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
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
- menyebut
- Bengali
- সে ডাকল
- Tagalog
- tinawag niya
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó pè
- Igbo
- ọ kpọrọ
- Twi
- ɔfrɛɛ
- Ewe
- eɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
↓
va + yik + ra
↓
vayikra
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA she-MAH
- clause
va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
In context — Genesis 26:21
they dug well another they quarreled also over it he called its name Sitnah
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 26:21, 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.26.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W6.S1) and character.