Genesis 31:4:3Gen.31.4.W3PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֖א
vayikra
“and called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and called
- French
- et appela
- Spanish
- y llamó
- Portuguese
- e chamou
- German
- und rief
- Russian
- и позвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- और बुलाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并召
- Korean
- 그리고 불렀다
- Indonesian
- dan memanggil
- Bengali
- এবং ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- at tumawag
- Swahili
- na akaita
- Amharic
- እና ጠራ
- Yoruba
- àti pè
- Igbo
- ma kpọọ
- Twi
- na frɛɛ
- Ewe
- eye yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֖א
↓
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-yish-LAKH ya-a-KOV va-yik-RA le-ra-KHEL u-le-le-A
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ya-a-KOV va-yik-RA le-ra-KHEL u-le-le-A ha-sa-DE el-TSO-no
In context — Genesis 31:4
sent Jacob and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock
About this coordinate
Genesis 31:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 31:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֖א (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.31.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.4.W3.S1) and character.