Genesis 27:42:8Gen.27.42.W8PAT

וַתִּקְרָ֤א

vatikra

she called

Transliteration
va-tik-RA
Extended
vah-tihk-RAA
IPA
/vat.tiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
she called
French
elle appela
Spanish
ella llamó
Portuguese
ela chamou
German
sie rief
Russian
она позвала
Arabic-Simplified
دَعَتْ
Hindi
उसने बुलाया
Chinese-Simplified
她叫来了
Korean
그녀가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia memanggil
Bengali
সে ডাকল
Tagalog
tinawag
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ጠራች
Yoruba
ó pè
Igbo
o kpọrọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eyɔ

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Result
וַ + תִּקְ + רָ֤א
va + tik + ra
vatikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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-tik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tik-RA le-ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-tish-LAKH va-tik-RA le-ya-a-KOV be-NAH ha-ka-TAN va-to-MER e-LAV hin-NE e-SAV a-KHI-kha mi-te-na-KHEM le-KHA le-ha-re-GE-kha

  4. sentence

    va-yu-GAD le-riv-KA et-div-REI e-SAV be-NAH ha-ga-DOL va-tish-LAKH va-tik-RA le-ya-a-KOV be-NAH ha-ka-TAN va-to-MER e-LAV hin-NE e-SAV a-KHI-kha mi-te-na-KHEM le-KHA le-ha-re-GE-kha

In contextGenesis 27:42

the words of Esau her son the older was told Rebekah she sent she called Jacob her son the younger she said to him behold Esau your brother is comforting himself about you to kill you

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 27:42, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֤א (vatikra) 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.27.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.42.W8.S1) and character.