Genesis 27:1:7Gen.27.1.W7PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֞א
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yihk-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- rief
- Russian
- позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- فدعا
- Hindi
- बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 叫了
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- 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
- clause
va-yik-RA et-e-SAV be-NO ha-ga-DOL va-yo-MER e-LAV be-NI va-yo-MER e-LAV hin-NE-ni
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-za-KEN yits-KHAK va-tikh-HE-na ei-NAV me-re-OT va-yik-RA et-e-SAV be-NO ha-ga-DOL va-yo-MER e-LAV be-NI va-yo-MER e-LAV hin-NE-ni
In context — Genesis 27:1
Isaac and it happened when he was old his eyes grew dim from seeing called Esau his son the elder said to him my son he said to him here I am
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 27:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֞א (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.27.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.1.W7.S1) and character.