Genesis 38:26:1Gen.38.26.W1PAT

וַיַּכֵּ֣ר

vayaker

and recognized

Transliteration
va-ya-KER
Extended
vah-yak-KEER
IPA
/vaj.jakˈkeːr/

Meaning by language

English
and recognized
French
et reconnut
Spanish
y reconoció
Portuguese
e reconheceu
German
und erkannte
Russian
и узнал
Arabic-Simplified
وَعَرَفَ
Hindi
और पहचाना
Chinese-Simplified
就认出
Korean
그리고 알아보았다
Indonesian
dan mengakui
Bengali
এবং চিনলেন
Tagalog
at nakilala
Swahili
na akatambua
Amharic
እና አወቀ
Yoruba
ó sì mọ̀
Igbo
wee mata
Twi
na ɔhuu

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Result
וַ + יַּ + כֵּ֣ר
va + ya + ker
vayaker

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-KER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-KER ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-ya-KER ye-hu-DA va-yo-MER tsa-de-KA mim-ME-ni ki-al-KEN lo-ne-ta-TI-a le-she-LA ve-NI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KER ye-hu-DA va-yo-MER tsa-de-KA mim-ME-ni ki-al-KEN lo-ne-ta-TI-a le-she-LA ve-NI ve-lo-ya-SAF OD le-da-e-TA

In contextGenesis 38:26

and recognized Judah and said she is more righteous than I because on account of this I did not give her to Shelah my son and he did not continue again to know her

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:26, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכֵּ֣ר (vayaker) 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.38.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.26.W1.S1) and character.