Genesis 26:33:1Gen.26.33.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֥א

vayikra

he called

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

Meaning by language

English
he called
French
il appela
Spanish
él llamó
Portuguese
ele chamou
German
er nannte
Russian
он назвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَمَّى
Hindi
उसने बुलाया
Chinese-Simplified
他称
Korean
그가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia menyebut
Bengali
সে ডাকল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
እርሱ ጠራ
Yoruba
ó pè
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
e yɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
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 o-TAH

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA o-TAH shiv-A

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA o-TAH shiv-A al-KEN shem-ha-IR be-ER SHE-va AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH

In contextGenesis 26:33

he called it Shibah therefore name of the city Be'er Sheba until day this

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:33, 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.26.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.33.W1.S1) and character.