Genesis 26:25:4Gen.26.25.W4PAT

וַיִּקְרָא֙

vayikra

called on

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

Meaning by language

English
called on
French
invoqua
Spanish
invocó
Portuguese
invocou
German
rief an
Russian
призвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَدَعَا
Hindi
पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
呼求
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
berseru
Bengali
আহ্বান করল
Tagalog
at tumawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
kpọkuru
Twi
frɛɛ
Ewe
eyɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָא֙
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. clause

    va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH va-yet-SHAM a-ho-LO

  3. sentence

    va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH va-yet-SHAM a-ho-LO va-yikh-ru-SHAM av-dei-yits-KHAK be-ER

In contextGenesis 26:25

he built an altar there called on the name of LORD pitched there his tent dug there the servants of Isaac a well

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 26:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֙ (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.26.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.25.W4.S1) and character.