Genesis 5:29:1Gen.5.29.W1PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֧א
vayikra
“{And} he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he called
- French
- {Et} il appela
- Spanish
- {Y} llamó
- Portuguese
- {E} chamou
- German
- {Und} er nannte
- Russian
- {И} назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- {और} उसने पुकारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 称
- Korean
- {그리고} 그가 불렀다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} menyebut
- Bengali
- {এবং} ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- {Na} aliita
- Amharic
- {እና} ጠራ
- Yoruba
- ó pe
- Igbo
- ọ kpọrọ
- Twi
- ɔfrɛɛ
- Ewe
- eyɔ
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-MO
- clause
va-yik-RA et-she-MO NO-akh le-MOR
- sentence
va-yik-RA et-she-MO NO-akh le-MOR ZE ye-na-kha-ME-nu mim-ma-a-SE-nu u-me-its-VON ya-DEI-nu min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER e-re-RAH Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 5:29
{And} he called his name Noah saying this one will comfort us from our work and from the toil of our hands from the ground which LORD cursed
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֧א (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.5.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.29.W1.S1) and character.