Genesis 30:20:15Gen.30.20.W15PAT

וַתִּקְרָ֥א

vatikra

she called

Transliteration
va-tik-RA
Extended
vah-tik-RAA
IPA
/vat.tiq.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
she called
French
elle appela
Spanish
ella llamó
Portuguese
ela chamou
German
sie nannte
Russian
она назвала
Arabic-Simplified
وسمّت
Hindi
उसने पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
她称
Korean
그녀가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia memanggil
Bengali
সে ডাকল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
እርስዋ ጠራች
Yoruba
ó pe
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
ɔtoo
Ewe

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Result
וַ + תִּקְ + רָ֥א
va + tik + ra
vatikra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tik-RA et-she-MO

  3. clause

    va-tik-RA et-she-MO ze-vu-LUN

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer le-A ze-va-DA-ni e-lo-HIM o-TI ZE-ved TOV ha-PA-am yiz-be-LE-ni i-SHI ki-ya-LA-de-ti LO shi-SHA va-NIM va-tik-RA et-she-MO ze-vu-LUN

In contextGenesis 30:20

said Leah has endowed God me a gift good this time will honor me my husband because I have borne to him six sons she called his name Zebulun

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 30:20, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֥א (vatikra) 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.30.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.20.W15.S1) and character.