Genesis 41:45:1Gen.41.45.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֨א

vayikra

called

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

Meaning by language

English
called
French
appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
nannte
Russian
назвал
Arabic-Simplified
سَمَّى
Hindi
नाम रखा
Chinese-Simplified
起名
Korean
이름지었다
Indonesian
menamai
Bengali
নাম রাখল
Tagalog
pinangalanan
Swahili
aliita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
pe
Igbo
kpọrọ
Twi
frɛɛ
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֨א
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 far-O shem-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA far-O shem-yo-SEF tsaf-NAT pa-e-ne-AKH va-yit-ten-LO ET-as-NAT bat-PO-ti FE-ra ko-HEN ON le-ish-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA far-O shem-yo-SEF tsaf-NAT pa-e-ne-AKH va-yit-ten-LO ET-as-NAT bat-PO-ti FE-ra ko-HEN ON le-ish-SHA va-ye-TSE yo-SEF al-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

In contextGenesis 41:45

called Pharaoh the name of Joseph Zaphenath Paneah he gave to him Asenath daughter of Poti Phera priest of On as wife went out Joseph over the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 41:45, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֨א (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.41.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.45.W1.S1) and character.