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
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YAR e-lo-HIM ET-ha-A-rets ve-hin-NE ni-she-KHA-ta
- 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 context — Genesis 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.