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
- pè
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- too
- Ewe
- yɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
- 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 context — Genesis 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.