Genesis 41:8:6Gen.41.8.W6PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֛א

vayikra

he called

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

Meaning by language

English
he called
French
appela
Spanish
llamó
Portuguese
chamou
German
er rief
Russian
позвал
Arabic-Simplified
دَعَا
Hindi
उसने बुलाया
Chinese-Simplified
召来
Korean
그가 불렀다
Indonesian
ia memanggil
Bengali
তিনি ডাকলেন
Tagalog
tumawag siya
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ጠራ
Yoruba
ó pè
Igbo
o kpọọ
Twi
ɔfrɛɛ
Ewe
eyɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֛א
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 va-BO-ker va-tip-PA-em ru-KHO va-yish-LAKH va-yik-RA ET-KOL-khar-tu-MEI mits-RA-yim ve-ET-KOL-kha-kha-ME-ha

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI va-BO-ker va-tip-PA-em ru-KHO va-yish-LAKH va-yik-RA ET-KOL-khar-tu-MEI mits-RA-yim ve-ET-KOL-kha-kha-ME-ha va-ye-sa-PER par-O la-HEM ET-kha-LO-mo ve-EIN-po-TER o-TAM le-par-O

In contextGenesis 41:8

it happened in the morning was troubled his spirit he sent he called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men told Pharaoh to them his dream and there was no one to interpret them to Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 41:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֛א (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.41.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.8.W6.S1) and character.