Genesis 33:20:3Gen.33.20.W3PAT
וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ל֔וֹ
vayikralo
“he called it”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ra-LO
- Extended
- vah-yik-rah-LOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.raː.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he called it
- French
- il l'appela
- Spanish
- lo llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou-o
- German
- nannte es
- Russian
- он назвал его
- Arabic-Simplified
- دعاه
- Hindi
- उसका नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他称它为
- Korean
- 그것을 불렀다
- Indonesian
- menyebutnya
- Bengali
- তার নাম রাখলেন
- Tagalog
- tinawag ito
- Swahili
- akakiita
- Amharic
- ጠራው
- Yoruba
- ó pè é
- Igbo
- ọ kpọrọ ya
- Twi
- ɔfrɛɛ no
- Ewe
- eƒo nɛ be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּ֨קְ + רָא + ל֔וֹ
↓
va + yik + ra + lo
↓
vayikralo
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ra-LO
- clause
va-yik-ra-LO EL e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yat-tsev-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-ra-LO EL e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL
In context — Genesis 33:20
he set up there an altar he called it El God of Israel
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 33:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ל֔וֹ (vayikralo) 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.33.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.20.W3.S1) and character.