Genesis 31:2:1Gen.31.2.W1PAT

וַיַּ֥רְא

vayar

saw

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

Meaning by language

English
saw
French
vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
sah
Russian
увидел
Arabic-Simplified
رأى
Hindi
देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখল
Tagalog
nakita
Swahili
aliona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
huu
Ewe
kpɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֥רְא
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-YAR ya-a-KOV et-pe-NEI la-VAN

  4. sentence

    va-YAR ya-a-KOV et-pe-NEI la-VAN ve-hin-NE ei-NEN-nu im-MO ki-te-MOL shi-le-SHOM

In contextGenesis 31:2

saw Jacob the face of Laban and behold it was not with him as yesterday the day before yesterday

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (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.31.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.2.W1.S1) and character.