Genesis 34:2:1Gen.34.2.W1PAT
וַיַּ֨רְא
vayar
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- vit
- Spanish
- vio
- Portuguese
- viu
- German
- sah
- Russian
- увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见了
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- akaona
- Amharic
- አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- hui
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR o-TAH
- clause
va-YAR o-TAH she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR ha-khi-WI ne-SI ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YAR o-TAH she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR ha-khi-WI ne-SI ha-A-rets va-yi-KAKH o-TAH va-yish-KAV o-TAH va-ye-a-NE-ha
In context — Genesis 34:2
saw her Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite prince of the land took her lay with her humiliated her
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨רְא (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.34.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.2.W1.S1) and character.