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
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ֥רְא
↓
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 ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-YAR ya-a-KOV et-pe-NEI la-VAN
- 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 context — Genesis 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.