Genesis 33:1:4Gen.33.1.W4PAT

וַיַּרְא֙

vayar

saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/wajˈjar/

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּרְא֙
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. clause

    va-yi-SA ya-a-KOV ei-NAV va-YAR ve-hi-NEH e-SAV BA ve-im-MO ar-BA me-OT ISH

  3. sentence

    va-yi-SA ya-a-KOV ei-NAV va-YAR ve-hi-NEH e-SAV BA ve-im-MO ar-BA me-OT ISH va-ya-KHATS et-ha-ye-la-DIM al-le-A ve-al-ra-KHEL ve-AL she-TEI ha-she-fa-KHOT

In contextGenesis 33:1

lifted up Jacob his eyes saw and behold Esau coming and with him four hundred men he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two female servants

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא֙ (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.33.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.1.W4.S1) and character.