Genesis 37:34:1Gen.37.34.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרַ֤ע

vayikera

and he tore

Transliteration
va-yi-ke-RA
Extended
vah-yih-keh-RAH
IPA
/vaj.jiq.ˈraʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and he tore
French
et déchira
Spanish
y rasgó
Portuguese
e rasgou
German
und zerriss
Russian
и разодрал
Arabic-Simplified
وَمَزَّقَ
Hindi
और फाड़ा
Chinese-Simplified
并撕裂了
Korean
그리고 찢었다
Indonesian
dan merobek
Bengali
এবং ছিঁড়লেন
Tagalog
at pinunit
Swahili
akapasua
Amharic
እና ቀደደ
Yoruba
ó sì ya
Igbo
wee dọwaa
Twi
na ɔtetee

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Result
וַ + יִּ + קְ + רַ֤ע
va + yi + ke + 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-yi-ke-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-ke-RA ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-yi-ke-RA ya-a-KOV si-me-lo-TAV va-ya-SEM SAK be-mo-te-NAV

  4. sentence

    va-yi-ke-RA ya-a-KOV si-me-lo-TAV va-ya-SEM SAK be-mo-te-NAV va-yi-te-a-BEL al-be-NO ya-MIM ra-BIM

In contextGenesis 37:34

and he tore Jacob his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son days many

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:34, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֤ע (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.37.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.34.W1.S1) and character.