Genesis 26:22:9Gen.26.22.W9PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֤א

vayikra

and he called

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

Meaning by language

English
and he called
French
et appela
Spanish
y llamo
Portuguese
e chamou
German
und nannte
Russian
и назвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَمَّى
Hindi
और उसने नाम रखा
Chinese-Simplified
就称
Korean
그리고 그는 불렀다
Indonesian
dan menamai
Bengali
আর সে নাম রাখল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
na akaita
Amharic
እርሱም ጠራ
Yoruba
o si pe
Igbo
o wee kporo
Twi
na ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eye yɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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 she-MAH

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA she-MAH re-kho-VOT va-YO-mer ki-a-TA hir-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH la-NU u-fa-RI-nu ba-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM va-yakh-POR be-ER a-KHE-ret ve-LO ra-VU a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH re-kho-VOT va-YO-mer ki-a-TA hir-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH la-NU u-fa-RI-nu ba-A-rets

In contextGenesis 26:22

and he moved from there and he dug well another and not they quarreled over it and he called its name Rehoboth and he said for now has made room LORD for us and we will be fruitful in the land

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 26:22, 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.26.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.22.W9.S1) and character.