Genesis 45:1:7Gen.45.1.W7PAT

וַיִּקְרָ֕א

vayikra

He called

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

Meaning by language

English
He called
French
Il cria
Spanish
gritó
Portuguese
gritou
German
rief
Russian
закричал
Arabic-Simplified
نادى
Hindi
पुकारा
Chinese-Simplified
喊道
Korean
외쳤다
Indonesian
berseru
Bengali
চিৎকার করলেন
Tagalog
sumigaw
Swahili
akaita
Amharic
ጮኸ
Yoruba
o kigbe
Igbo
o kpọrọ oku
Twi
ɔteɛɛm
Ewe
eɖe kuku

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֕א
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

    ve-lo-ya-KHOL yo-SEF le-hit-ap-PEK le-KHOL ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAIV va-yik-RA ho-TSI-u khol-ISH me-a-LAI

  3. sentence

    ve-lo-ya-KHOL yo-SEF le-hit-ap-PEK le-KHOL ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAIV va-yik-RA ho-TSI-u khol-ISH me-a-LAI ve-lo-a-MAD ISH it-TO be-hit-va-DA yo-SEF el-e-KHAIV

In contextGenesis 45:1

could not Joseph restrain himself before all the ones standing by him He called bring out every person from me did not remain a person with him when making himself known Joseph to his brothers

About this coordinate

Genesis 45:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 45:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֕א (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.45.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.1.W7.S1) and character.