Genesis 3:9:1Gen.3.9.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֛א
vayikra
“{And} called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} called
- French
- {Et} appela
- Spanish
- {Y} llamó
- Portuguese
- {E} chamou
- German
- {Und} rief
- Russian
- {И} позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَنَادَى
- Hindi
- पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 呼唤了
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকল
- Tagalog
- tinawag
- Swahili
- kuita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- pé
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- frɛɛ
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֛א
↓
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
- clause
va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM el-ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM el-ha-a-DAM va-YO-mer LO ai-ye-KA
In context — Genesis 3:9
LORD God {And} called to the man {And} said to him where are you
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 3:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֛א (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.3.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.9.W1.S1) and character.