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

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Result
וַ + יִּ֨קְ + רָא + ל֔וֹ
va + yik + ra + lo
vayikralo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-ra-LO

  2. clause

    va-yik-ra-LO EL e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-yat-tsev-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-ra-LO EL e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL

In contextGenesis 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.