Genesis 28:19:1Gen.28.19.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֛א
vayikra
“he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he called
- French
- il appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- nannte
- Russian
- назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- سمى
- Hindi
- नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起名
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- menamai
- Bengali
- নাম রাখলেন
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- ሰየመ
- Yoruba
- ó pe
- Igbo
- ọ kpọrọ
- Twi
- ɔtoo
- Ewe
- eɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֛א
↓
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
- clause
va-yik-RA et-shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU beit-EL
- sentence
va-yik-RA et-shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU beit-EL ve-u-LAM LUZ shem-ha-IR la-ri-sho-NA
In context — Genesis 28:19
he called the name of the place that Bethel but Luz the name of the city formerly
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֛א (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.28.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.19.W1.S1) and character.