Genesis 5:3:9Gen.5.3.W9PAT
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- called
- French
- appela
- Spanish
- llamó
- Portuguese
- chamou
- German
- nannte
- Russian
- назвал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَدَعَا
- Hindi
- नाम रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 称
- Korean
- 불렀다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকল
- Tagalog
- at tinawag
- Swahili
- aliita
- Amharic
- ሰየመ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- too
- Ewe
- yɔ
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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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ET-she-MO
- clause
va-yik-RA ET-she-MO SHET
- sentence
va-ye-KHI a-DAM she-lo-SHIM oo-me-AT sha-NA va-YO-led bi-de-mu-TO ke-tsal-MO va-yik-RA ET-she-MO SHET
In context — Genesis 5:3
Adam lived thirty and one hundred year fathered in his likeness after his image called his name Seth
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 5:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (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.5.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.3.W9.S1) and character.