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
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

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָ֧א
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA et-she-MO

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA et-she-MO NO-akh le-MOR

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.