Genesis 28:6:1Gen.28.6.W1PAT

וַיַּ֣רְא

vayar

saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/wajˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
saw
French
vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
sah
Russian
увидел
Arabic-Simplified
ورأى
Hindi
देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见了
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখল
Tagalog
nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
hunuu
Ewe
kpɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֣רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR e-SAV

  3. clause

    va-YAR e-SAV ki-ve-RAKH yit-se-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV ve-shil-LAKH o-TO pad-DE-na a-RAM la-ka-khat-LO mi-SHAM i-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-YAR e-SAV ki-ve-RAKH yit-se-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV ve-shil-LAKH o-TO pad-DE-na a-RAM la-ka-khat-LO mi-SHAM i-SHA be-va-ra-KHO o-TO va-ye-TSAV a-LAV le-MOR lo-ti-KAKH i-SHA mi-be-NOT ke-na-AN

In contextGenesis 28:6

saw Esau that blessed Isaac Jacob he sent him to Paddan Aram to take for himself from there a wife when he blessed him he commanded him saying you shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:6, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (vayar) 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.28.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.6.W1.S1) and character.