Genesis 4:17:10Gen.4.17.W10PAT

וַיִּקְרָא֙

vayikra

named

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

Meaning by language

English
named
French
appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
nannte
Russian
назвал
Arabic-Simplified
سَمَّى
Hindi
नाम रखा
Chinese-Simplified
起名
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
menamai
Bengali
নাম দিল
Tagalog
tinawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
too
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָא֙
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. clause

    va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH

  3. sentence

    va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH

In contextGenesis 4:17

Cain knew his wife she conceived she bore Enoch he was building a city named the name of the city as the name of his son Enoch

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 4:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא֙ (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.4.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.17.W10.S1) and character.