Leviticus 9:8:1Lev.9.8.W1PAT

וַיִּקְרַ֥ב

vayikrav

approached

Transliteration
va-yik-RAV
Extended
vah-yik-RAV
IPA
/vaj.jiqˈrav/

Meaning by language

English
approached
French
approcha
Spanish
acercó
Portuguese
aproximou
German
nahte
Russian
приблизился
Arabic-Simplified
اقترب
Hindi
निकट गया
Chinese-Simplified
走近了
Korean
다가갔다
Indonesian
mendekat
Bengali
এগিয়ে এল
Tagalog
lumapit
Swahili
alikaribia
Amharic
ቀረበ
Yoruba
súnmọ́
Igbo
bịarutere
Twi
bɛn
Ewe
ɖo

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Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רַ֥ב
va + yik + rav
vayikrav

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-RAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RAV a-ha-RON

  3. clause

    va-yik-RAV a-ha-RON el-ham-miz-BE-akh

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RAV a-ha-RON el-ham-miz-BE-akh va-yish-KHAT et-E-gel ha-khat-TAT a-SHER-LO

In contextLeviticus 9:8

Aaron approached to the altar slaughtered calf the sin offering which was his own

About this coordinate

Leviticus 9:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 9:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֥ב (vayikrav) 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 Lev.9.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.9.8.W1.S1) and character.