Genesis 9:22:1Gen.9.22.W1PAT
וַיַּ֗רְא
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
- {और} देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {就}看见了
- Korean
- {그리고} 보았다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} melihat
- Bengali
- {এবং} দেখল
- Tagalog
- {At} nakita
- Swahili
- akaona
- Amharic
- {እና} አየ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- hunuu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ֗רְא
↓
va + yar
↓
vayar
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-YAR KHAM a-VI khe-na-AN ET er-VAT a-VIV
- sentence
va-YAR KHAM a-VI khe-na-AN ET er-VAT a-VIV va-yag-GED lish-nei-e-KHAV ba-KHUTS
In context — Genesis 9:22
Ham father of Canaan {And} saw nakedness of his own father and made known to his two brothers outside
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗רְא (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.9.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.22.W1.S1) and character.