Genesis 6:12:1Gen.6.12.W1PAT

וַיַּ֧רְא

vayar

{And} saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/vaj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
{And} saw
French
{Et} vit
Spanish
{Y} vio
Portuguese
{E} viu
German
{Und} sah
Russian
{И} увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见
Korean
보셨다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখলেন
Tagalog
at nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየ
Yoruba
sì rí
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
hunuu
Ewe
kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּ֧רְא
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 e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-YAR e-lo-HIM ET-ha-A-rets ve-hin-NE ni-she-KHA-ta

  4. sentence

    va-YAR e-lo-HIM ET-ha-A-rets ve-hin-NE ni-she-KHA-ta ki-hish-KHEET BA-sar ET-dar-KO al-ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 6:12

God {And} saw the earth and behold {It} was ruined because {it} had ruined all flesh its way upon the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 6:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֧רְא (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.6.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.12.W1.S1) and character.