Genesis 48:17:1Gen.48.17.W1PAT

וַיַּ֣רְא

vayar

{And} {he} saw

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

Meaning by language

English
{And} {he} saw
French
{Et} {il} vit
Spanish
{Y} {él} vio
Portuguese
{E} {ele} viu
German
{Und} {er} sah
Russian
{И} {он} увидел
Arabic-Simplified
ورأى
Hindi
{और} {उसने} देखा
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} {他}看见了
Korean
{그리고} {그가} 보았다
Indonesian
{Dan} {ia} melihat
Bengali
{এবং} {সে} দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
{Na} aliona
Amharic
{እና} {እርሱ} አየ
Yoruba
{Ati} {ó} rí
Igbo
{Ma} {ọ} hụrụ
Twi
{Na} {ɔ} huu
Ewe
{Ke} {e} kpɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֣רְא
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 ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV va-yit-MOKH yad-a-VEEV le-ha-SIR o-TAH me-AL rosh-ef-ra-YIM al-ROSH me-na-SHE

In contextGenesis 48:17

{And} {he} saw Joseph that laid his father his right hand on the head of Ephraim {And} it was bad in his eyes he grasped the hand of his father to remove it from upon the head of Ephraim onto the head of Manasseh

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (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.48.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.17.W1.S1) and character.