Genesis 8:13:6Gen.8.13.W6TAB
בְּאֶחָ֣ד
beekhad
“on the first day of”
- Transliteration
- be-e-KHAD
- Extended
- beh-eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /bə.ʔɛˈħaːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the first day of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
be-e-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh
- clause
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
- 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
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 8:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 8:13, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶחָ֣ד (beekhad) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.13.W6.S1) and character.