וְר֔וּחַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְר֔וּחַ

   ve-RU-akh

   and wind
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָבִ֣ים וְר֔וּחַ

   a-VIM ve-RU-akh

   clouds and wind
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י עַד־כֹּ֣ה וְעַד־כֹּ֗ה וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙ עָבִ֣ים וְר֔וּחַ וַיְהִ֖י גֶּ֣שֶׁם גָּד֑וֹל

   va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL

   and it happened or came to pass until thus or as far as this and until thus or and as far as this and the heavens became dark or grew black clouds and wind and it happened or came to pass rain great
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י עַד־כֹּ֣ה וְעַד־כֹּ֗ה וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙ עָבִ֣ים וְר֔וּחַ וַיְהִ֖י גֶּ֣שֶׁם גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב אַחְאָ֖ב וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃

   va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA

   and it happened or came to pass until thus or as far as this and until thus or and as far as this and the heavens became dark or grew black clouds and wind and it happened or came to pass rain great and he rode Ahab and he went to Jezreel

Exegesis

The coordinated nouns avim {עָבִים | ʿā-vîm} ‘clouds’ and ruach {רוּחַ | rū-āḥ} ‘wind’ specify the atmospheric agents.

Root and etymology

r-w-ḥ🔊 רֵישׁ־וָו־חֵיתresh–vav–ḥet

“wind, breath”

• 🔊 רוּחַruachspirit, breath of lifeGenesis 1:2