Genesis 42:8:1Gen.42.8.W1PAT
וַיַּכֵּ֥ר
vayaker
“recognized”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KER
- Extended
- vah-yah-KEHR
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈkeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- recognized
- French
- reconnut
- Spanish
- reconoció
- Portuguese
- reconheceu
- German
- erkannte
- Russian
- узнал
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَرَفَ
- Hindi
- पहचाना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 认出了
- Korean
- 알아보았다
- Indonesian
- mengenali
- Bengali
- চিনল
- Tagalog
- nakilala
- Swahili
- alitambua
- Amharic
- አወቀ
- Yoruba
- mọ̀
- Igbo
- matara
- Twi
- huu
- Ewe
- dze sii
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ + כֵּ֥ר
↓
va + ya + ker
↓
vayaker
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KER yo-SEF
- clause
va-ya-KER yo-SEF ET-e-KHAW
- sentence
va-ya-KER yo-SEF ET-e-KHAW ve-HEM LO hi-ki-RU-hu
In context — Genesis 42:8
recognized Joseph his brothers but they did not recognize him
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכֵּ֥ר (vayaker) 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.42.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.8.W1.S1) and character.