Genesis 4:26:9Gen.4.26.W9PAT

לִקְרֹ֖א

likro

to call

Transliteration
lik-RO
Extended
lihk-ROH
IPA
/liq.ˈroː/

Meaning by language

English
to call
French
appeler
Spanish
llamar
Portuguese
chamar
German
anzurufen
Russian
призывать
Arabic-Simplified
أن يدعو
Hindi
पुकारने
Chinese-Simplified
呼求
Korean
부르기
Indonesian
memanggil
Bengali
ডাকতে
Tagalog
tumawag
Swahili
kuita
Amharic
ለመጥራት
Yoruba
láti pe
Igbo
ịkpọ
Twi
frɛ
Ewe

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Result
לִקְ + רֹ֖א
lik + ro
likro

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    lik-RO

  2. clause

    AZ hu-KHAL lik-RO be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    u-le-SHET gam-HU yul-lad-BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO e-NOSH AZ hu-KHAL lik-RO be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 4:26

and to Seth he also a son was born {And} called his name Enosh then began to call in the name of LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 4:26, so the Hebrew word לִקְרֹ֖א (likro) 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.4.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.26.W9.S1) and character.