Genesis 38:29:11Gen.38.29.W11PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֥א

vayikra

and he called

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

Meaning by language

English
and he called
French
et il appela
Spanish
y llamó
Portuguese
e chamou
German
und er nannte
Russian
и он назвал
Arabic-Simplified
ودعا
Hindi
और उसने पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
他就称
Korean
그리고 그가 불렀다
Indonesian
dan ia memanggil
Bengali
এবং সে ডাকল
Tagalog
at tinawag niya
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
እርሱም ጠራ
Yoruba
ó sì pè
Igbo
ọ wee kpọọ
Twi
na ɔfrɛɛ

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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 PA-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ke-me-SHIV ya-DO ve-hin-NEH ya-TSA a-KHIV va-TO-mer ma-pa-RA-tse-ta a-LEI-kha PA-rets va-yik-RA she-MO PA-rets

In contextGenesis 38:29

and it happened as he was drawing back his hand and behold came out his brother and she said what a breach you have made upon you breach and he called his name Perez

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 38:29, 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.38.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.29.W11.S1) and character.