Genesis 29:31:1Gen.29.31.W1PAT
וַיַּ֤רְא
vayar
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- vit
- Spanish
- vio
- Portuguese
- viu
- German
- sah
- Russian
- увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见了
- Korean
- 보셨다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখলেন
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- aliona
- Amharic
- አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ֤רְא
↓
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 Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH ki-se-nu-AH le-AH va-yif-TAKH et-ra-khe-MAH
- sentence
va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH ki-se-nu-AH le-AH va-yif-TAKH et-ra-khe-MAH ve-ra-KHEL a-ka-RA
In context — Genesis 29:31
saw LORD that was hated Leah opened her womb but Rachel was barren
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:31, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤רְא (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.29.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.31.W1.S1) and character.