Genesis 8:13:14Gen.8.13.W14TAB
אֶת־מִכְסֵ֣ה
etmikhse
“covering of”
- Transliteration
- et-mikh-SE
- Extended
- eht-mihkh-SEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.mixˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- covering of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-mikh-SE
- phraseyour reading level
et-mikh-SE ha-te-VA
- clause
va-ya-SAR NO-akh et-mikh-SE ha-te-VA va-YAR ve-hin-NE khar-VU pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-a-KHAT ve-shesh-me-OT sha-NA ba-ri-SHON be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh khar-VU ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR NO-akh et-mikh-SE ha-te-VA va-YAR ve-hin-NE khar-VU pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
Root and etymology
Rootk-s-h
“to cover, conceal”
In context — Genesis 8:13
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters had dried from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dry.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 8:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִכְסֵ֣ה (etmikhse) 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.8.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.13.W14.S1) and character.