Genesis 38:4:5Gen.38.4.W5PAT
וַתִּקְרָ֥א
vatikra
“and she called”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-RA
- Extended
- vah-tik-RAA
- IPA
- /vat.tiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she called
- French
- et elle appela
- Spanish
- y llamó
- Portuguese
- e chamou
- German
- und sie nannte
- Russian
- и она назвала
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَمَّتْ
- Hindi
- और उसने पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就叫
- Korean
- 그리고 그녀는 불렀다
- Indonesian
- dan ia memanggil
- Bengali
- এবং সে ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag niya
- Swahili
- naye akaita
- Amharic
- እርስዋም ጠራች
- Yoruba
- ó sì pe
- Igbo
- o wee kpọọ
- Twi
- na ɔfrɛe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + תִּקְ + רָ֥א
↓
va + tik + ra
↓
vatikra
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-tik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-RA et-she-MO
- clause
va-tik-RA et-she-MO o-NAN
- sentence
va-ta-HAR OD va-TE-led BEN va-tik-RA et-she-MO o-NAN
In context — Genesis 38:4
and she conceived again and she bore a son and she called his name Onan
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 38:4, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֥א (vatikra) 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.38.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.4.W5.S1) and character.