Genesis 28:8:1Gen.28.8.W1PAT
וַיַּ֣רְא
vayar
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- vit
- Spanish
- vio
- Portuguese
- viu
- German
- sah
- Russian
- увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- رَأَى
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见了
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখল
- Tagalog
- nakita
- Swahili
- aliona
- Amharic
- አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ֣רְא
↓
va + yar
↓
vayar
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR e-SAV
- clause
va-YAR e-SAV KI ra-OT be-NOT ke-na-AN
- sentence
va-YAR e-SAV KI ra-OT be-NOT ke-na-AN be-ei-NEI yi-tse-KHAK a-VIV
In context — Genesis 28:8
saw Esau that were bad daughters of Canaan in the eyes of Isaac his father
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:8, 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.28.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.8.W1.S1) and character.