Exodus 39:9:7Exod.39.9.W7TAB

אָרְכּ֛וֹ

orko

its length

Transliteration
or-KO
Extended
ohr-KOH
IPA
/ʔɔr.ˈkoː/

Meaning by language

English
its length

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אָרְ + כּ֛וֹ
or + ko
orko

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    or-KO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ZE-ret or-KO

  3. clause

    ZE-ret or-KO ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO ka-FOOL

  4. sentence

    ra-VOO-a ha-YA ka-FOOL a-SU et-ha-KHO-shen ZE-ret or-KO ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO ka-FOOL

Exegesis

Parallel noun phrases introduced by zeret {זֶ֧רֶת | zēreṯ} ‘span’ with suffixes in orko {אָרְכּ֛וֹ | ʾorkô} and rachbo {רָחְבּ֖וֹ | rāḥbô} specify its length and width.

In contextExodus 39:9

It was square and folded double , and they made the breastpiece . Its length was a span and its width was a span.

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 39:9, so the Hebrew word אָרְכּ֛וֹ (orko) 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 Exod.39.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.9.W7.S1) and character.