Genesis 43:16:1Gen.43.16.W1PAT

וַיַּ֨רְא

vayar

{He} saw

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

Meaning by language

English
{He} saw
French
{Il} vit
Spanish
{Él} vio
Portuguese
{Ele} viu
German
{Er} sah
Russian
{Он} увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
{उसने} देखा
Chinese-Simplified
{他}看见了
Korean
{그가} 보았다
Indonesian
{Ia} melihat
Bengali
{সে} দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
{Yeye} aliona
Amharic
{እርሱ} አየ
Yoruba
{Ó} rí
Igbo
{Ọ} hụrụ
Twi
{Ɔ} huu
Ewe
{E} kpɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֨רְא
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 it-TAM

  3. clause

    va-YAR yo-SEF it-TAM ET-bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER la-a-SHER al-bei-TO ha-VE ET-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-BAI-ta

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF it-TAM ET-bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER la-a-SHER al-bei-TO ha-VE ET-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-BAI-ta u-te-VO-akh TE-vakh ve-ha-KHEN KI it-TI yo-khe-LU ha-a-na-SHIM bat-tsa-ho-RA-yim

In contextGenesis 43:16

{He} saw Joseph with them Benjamin He said to the one who was over his house bring the men into the house slaughter an animal prepare for with me {They} will eat the men at noon

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨רְא (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.43.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.16.W1.S1) and character.