Genesis 37:29:7Gen.37.29.W7PAT

וַיִּקְרַ֖ע

vayikera

and tore

Transliteration
va-yik-e-RA
Extended
vah-yik-eh-RAAH
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈraʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and tore
French
et déchira
Spanish
y rasgó
Portuguese
e rasgou
German
und zerriss
Russian
и разодрал
Arabic-Simplified
ومزّق
Hindi
और फाड़ डाला
Chinese-Simplified
就撕裂了
Korean
그리고 찢었다
Indonesian
dan mengoyakkan
Bengali
এবং ছিঁড়ে ফেলল
Tagalog
at pinunit
Swahili
akararua
Amharic
እና ቀደደ
Yoruba
ó sì ya
Igbo
wee dọwaa
Twi
na ɔsunsuanee

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Result
וַ + יִּ + קְ + רַ֖ע
va + yik + e + ra
vayikera

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
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-e-RA

  2. clause

    va-yik-e-RA et-be-ga-DAV

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV re-u-VEN el-ha-BOR ve-hin-NE en-yo-SEF ba-BOR va-yik-e-RA et-be-ga-DAV

In contextGenesis 37:29

and returned Reuben to the pit and behold Joseph was not in the pit and tore his garments

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 37:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (vayikera) 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.37.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.29.W7.S1) and character.