Genesis 5:2:6Gen.5.2.W6PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֤א
vayikra
“He called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- He called
- French
- il appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- er nannte
- Russian
- он назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他称呼
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- Ia memanggil
- Bengali
- তিনি ডাকলেন
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó pè
- Igbo
- o kpọrọ
- Twi
- ɔfrɛɛ
- Ewe
- éyɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA et-she-MAM
- clause
va-ye-va-REKH o-TAM va-yik-RA et-she-MAM a-DAM be-YOM hib-ba-re-AM
- sentence
za-KHAR u-ne-ke-VA be-ra-AM va-ye-va-REKH o-TAM va-yik-RA et-she-MAM a-DAM be-YOM hib-ba-re-AM
In context — Genesis 5:2
He made them male and female He blessed them He called their name Man in the day of their creation
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 5:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֤א (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.5.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.2.W6.S1) and character.