ויקרא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)
12 terms

The third book of the Torah is named after the first occuring word, literally “And he called”.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /vaj.jiqˈrɔː/ [vaɟ.ɟiqˈʀɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /waj.jiqˈrɔ/ [waj.jiqˈrɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /va.jikˈra/ (West), /waj.jiqˈra/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /va.jikˈrɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /va.jikˈra/

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Proper noun

וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá) m

1. Leviticus (the third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah)

Verb

וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá)

1. Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא (kará).
   • Tanach, Exodus 2:22, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם

     vatéled ben vayikrá et sh'mo gershóm

     She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom

   • Tanach, Leviticus 1:1, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֵלָיו

     vayikrá el moshé vaydabér YHVH eláv

     God called to Moses, speaking to him

See also

• ו־ יקרא

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew וַיִּקְרָא.

Proper noun

ויקרא • (vayikre) m

1. Leviticus