Genesis 38:3:4Gen.38.3.W4PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yihk-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.ˈraː/
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
- 他就叫
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 불렀다
- Indonesian
- dan ia memanggil
- Bengali
- আর সে ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag niya
- Swahili
- naye akaita
- Amharic
- እርሱም ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó sì pè
- Igbo
- o wee kpọọ
- Twi
- na ɔfrɛɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֥א
↓
va + yik + ra
↓
vayikra
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA et-she-MO
- clause
va-yik-RA et-she-MO ER
- sentence
va-ta-HAR va-te-LED BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ER
In context — Genesis 38:3
and she conceived and she bore a son and he called his name Er
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:3, 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.38.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.3.W4.S1) and character.