Genesis 2:6:4Gen.2.6.W4TAB
וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה
vehishka
“and watered”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-KA
- Extended
- veh-hish-KAA
- IPA
- /və.hiʃ.ˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and watered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hish-KA
- clause
ve-hish-KA et-kol-pe-nei-ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
ve-ED ya-a-LE min-ha-A-rets ve-hish-KA et-kol-pe-nei-ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The second clause begins with vehishkah {וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה | wə-hiš-qāh} ‘and it would water’, a Hifil perfect presenting the resulting action by the same subject.
In context — Genesis 2:6
But a mist would arise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground .
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 2:6, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה (vehishka) 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 Gen.2.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.6.W4.S1) and character.