Genesis 35:8:10Gen.35.8.W10PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֥א

vayikra

he called

Transliteration
va-yik-RA
Extended
vah-yik-RAA
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
he called
French
il appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
er nannte
Russian
он назвал
Arabic-Simplified
دعا
Hindi
उसने पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
他称
Korean
그가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia menyebut
Bengali
তিনি ডাকলেন
Tagalog
tinawag niya
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
ọ kpọrọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eyɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
va + yik + ra
vayikra

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA she-MO

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA she-MO al-LON ba-KHUT

  4. sentence

    vat-TA-mot de-vo-RA mei-NE-ket riv-KA vat-tik-ka-VER mit-TA-khat le-veit-EL TA-khat ha-al-LON va-yik-RA she-MO al-LON ba-KHUT

In contextGenesis 35:8

died Deborah nurse of Rebekah she was buried below Bethel under the oak he called its name oak of weeping

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 35:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.35.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.8.W10.S1) and character.