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
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.