Genesis 42:7:1Gen.42.7.W1PAT

וַיַּ֥רְא

vayar

saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
saw
French
vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
sah
Russian
увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见了
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখলেন
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
aliona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
huu
Ewe
kpɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֥רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-YAR yo-SEF et-e-KHAV va-yak-ki-REM

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF et-e-KHAV va-yak-ki-REM va-yit-na-KER a-lei-HEM va-ye-da-BER it-TAM ka-SHOT va-YO-mer a-le-HEM me-A-yin ba-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-E-rets ke-NA-an li-she-BAR-o-khel

In contextGenesis 42:7

saw Joseph his brothers he recognized them he acted like a stranger toward them he spoke with them harshly he said to them from where have you come they said from the land of Canaan to buy food

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:7, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (vayar) 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.42.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.7.W1.S1) and character.