Genesis 29:2:1Gen.29.2.W1PAT

וַיַּ֞רְא

vayar

he saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
he saw
French
il vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
er sah
Russian
увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
उसने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见了
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
সে দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
ó rí
Igbo
ọ hụrụ
Twi
ohuu
Ewe
é kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּ֞רְא
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. clause

    va-YAR ve-hin-NE be-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM

  3. sentence

    va-YAR ve-hin-NE be-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM ve-ha-E-ven ge-do-LA al-PI ha-be-ER

In contextGenesis 29:2

he saw and behold a well in the field and behold there three flocks of sheep lying upon it for from the well that they watered the flocks and the stone large upon the mouth of the well

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֞רְא (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.29.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.2.W1.S1) and character.