Genesis 35:7:4Gen.35.7.W4PAT
וַיִּקְרָא֙
vayikra
“he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he called
- French
- il appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- er nannte
- Russian
- он назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- उसने पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他称
- Korean
- 그가 불렀다
- Indonesian
- ia menamai
- Bengali
- তিনি নাম দিলেন
- Tagalog
- pinangalanan niya
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó pè
- Igbo
- ọ kpọrọ
- Twi
- ɔtoo din
- Ewe
- eƒo
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 | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-YI-ven SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-RA la-ma-KOM EL beit-EL
- sentence
va-YI-ven SHAM miz-BE-akh va-yik-RA la-ma-KOM EL beit-EL KI SHAM nig-LU e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM be-var-KHO mip-NEI a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 35:7
he built there an altar he called the place El Bethel because there appeared to him the God in his fleeing from his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 35:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֙ (vayikra) 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.35.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.7.W4.S1) and character.