ויקרא

עברית

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ויקרא

/vaj.jiqˈrɔː/ [vaɟ.ɟiqˈʀɔː]
/waj.jiqˈrɔ/ [waj.jiqˈrɔː]
/va.jikˈra/ West
/waj.jiqˈra/ East
/va.jikˈrɔ/
/va.jikˈʁa/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

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

proper noun וַיִּקְרָא · vayikrá

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

verb וַיִּקְרָא · vayikrá

imperfect, masculine, past, singular, third person, vav consecutive Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא (kará). וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם

In English

Leviticus the book of the Bible and Torah

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"ויקרא." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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ויקרא. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90

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"ויקרא." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ויקרא},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}