Genesis 48:8:1Gen.48.8.W1PAT

וַיַּ֥רְא

vayar

{And} {He} saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.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
وَرَأَى
Hindi
{और} {उसने} देखा
Chinese-Simplified
{并} {他} 看见了
Korean
{그리고} {그가} 보았다
Indonesian
{Dan} {ia} melihat
Bengali
{এবং} {তিনি} দেখলেন
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
{Na} {yeye} aliona
Amharic
{እና} {እርሱ} አየ
Yoruba
{Àti} {ó} rí
Igbo
{Na} {ọ} hụrụ
Twi
{Na} {ɔ} hunuu
Ewe
{Eye} {e} kpɔ

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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 yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh

In contextGenesis 48:8

{And} {He} saw Israel the sons of Joseph He said who are these

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:8, 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.48.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.8.W1.S1) and character.