Genesis 8:2:4Gen.8.2.W4TAB
וֽ͏ַאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת
vaarubbot
“and windows of the”
- Transliteration
- va-a-rub-BOT
- Extended
- vah-ah-roob-BOHT
- IPA
- /wa.ʔă.rub.ˈboːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and windows of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-rub-BOT
- clause
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase va’arubot hashamayim {וֽ͏ַאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | waʾărubbōṯ haššāmayim} ‘and the windows of the heavens’ presents a second channel for the floodwaters.
In context — Genesis 8:2
The springs of the deep were closed off, the windows of the heavens were shut, and the rain from the heavens was held back.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 8:2, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת (vaarubbot) 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.8.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.2.W4.S1) and character.