Genesis 41:14:3Gen.41.14.W3PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֣א

vayikra

called

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

Meaning by language

English
called
French
appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
rief
Russian
позвал
Arabic-Simplified
وَدَعَا
Hindi
बुलाया
Chinese-Simplified
召来
Korean
불렀다
Indonesian
memanggil
Bengali
ডাকল
Tagalog
at tinawag
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
frɛɛ
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֣א
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA et-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH par-OH va-yik-RA et-yo-SEF va-ye-ri-TSU-hu min-ha-BOR

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH par-OH va-yik-RA et-yo-SEF va-ye-ri-TSU-hu min-ha-BOR va-ye-gal-LAKH va-ye-khal-LEF sim-lo-TAV va-ya-VO el-par-OH

In contextGenesis 41:14

sent Pharaoh called Joseph they hurried him out from the pit he shaved he changed his clothes he came before Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 41:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֣א (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.41.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.14.W3.S1) and character.