Genesis 26:9:1Gen.26.9.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֨א
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- rief
- Russian
- позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَنَادَى
- Hindi
- बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 叫来
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডেকেছিলেন
- Tagalog
- at tumawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pè
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- frɛɛ
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-yits-KHAK va-YO-mer AKH hi-NE ish-te-KHA HI ve-EKH a-MAR-ta a-kho-TI HI
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-yits-KHAK va-YO-mer AKH hi-NE ish-te-KHA HI ve-EKH a-MAR-ta a-kho-TI HI va-YO-mer e-LAV yits-KHAK KI a-MAR-ti pen-a-MUT a-LE-ha
In context — Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called Isaac said your wife she is indeed look how could you say my sister she is Isaac said to him because I said lest I die because of her
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֨א (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.26.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.9.W1.S1) and character.