Genesis 3:20:1Gen.3.20.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֧א
vayikra
“named”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- named
- French
- nomma
- Spanish
- nombró
- Portuguese
- nomeou
- German
- nannte
- Russian
- назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- سمّى
- Hindi
- नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 称为
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- menamai
- Bengali
- নাম দিল
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- akaita
- Amharic
- ሰየመ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- frɛɛ
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֧א
↓
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM SHEM ish-TO kha-VA
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM SHEM ish-TO kha-VA KI HI ha-ye-TA EM kol-KHAI
In context — Genesis 3:20
the man named name of his wife Eve because she was mother of all living beings
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 3:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֧א (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.3.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.20.W1.S1) and character.