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
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 o-TAH
- clause
va-yik-RA o-TAH shiv-A
- sentence
va-yik-RA o-TAH shiv-A al-KEN shem-ha-IR be-ER SHE-va AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
In context — Genesis 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.