וְר֥וּחַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְר֥וּחַ

   ve-RU-akh

   and wind of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִ֖ים

   ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM

   and wind of the east
3. clause🔊 וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁ בְּחֵמָה֙ לָאָ֣רֶץ הֻשְׁלָ֔כָה וְר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִ֖ים הוֹבִ֣ישׁ פִּרְיָ֑הּ

   va-tut-TASH be-khe-MA la-A-rets hush-la-KHA ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM ho-VISH pir-YA

   and she was uprooted in fury to the earth she was thrown and wind of the east dried up her fruit
4. sentence🔊 וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁ בְּחֵמָה֙ לָאָ֣רֶץ הֻשְׁלָ֔כָה וְר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִ֖ים הוֹבִ֣ישׁ פִּרְיָ֑הּ הִתְפָּרְק֧וּ וְיָבֵ֛שׁוּ מַטֵּ֥ה עֻזָּ֖הּ אֵ֥שׁ אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃

   va-tut-TASH be-khe-MA la-A-rets hush-la-KHA ve-RU-akh ha-ka-DIM ho-VISH pir-YA hit-par-KEU ve-ya-VE-shu ma-TE u-ZA ESH a-kha-LAT-hu

   and she was uprooted in fury to the earth she was thrown and wind of the east dried up her fruit they were torn off and they withered a staff of her strength fire consumed it

Exegesis

The coordinated ruach haqqadim {וְר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִים | wə-rûaḥ haq-qā-ḏîm} ‘east wind’ and piryah {פִּרְיָהּ | pir-yāh} ‘her fruit’ form a cause-and-effect sequence.

Root and etymology

ר־ו־ח🔊 resh–vav–chet

“wind, breath”

• 🔊 רוּחַrūaḥspiritGenesis 1:2