Psalm 18:15:10Ps.18.15.W10TABWLC Psalms 18:16
רוּחַ
ruakh
“the breath”
- Transliteration
- RU-akh
- Extended
- ROO-akh
- IPA
- /ˈruːħaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the breath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
RU-akh
- clause
mi-ga-a-RA-te-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-nish-MAT RU-akh a-PE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-GA-lu a-fi-KEI MA-yim va-yig-GA-lu mos-de-VOT te-VEL mi-ga-a-RA-te-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-nish-MAT RU-akh a-PE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional clause miga'aratkha {מִגַּעֲרָתְךָ | mi-ga-ʿa-raṯ-ḵā} ‘at Your rebuke’ introduces the divine causative action, while minishmat ruach apekha {מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפֶּךָ | mi-nish-mat rû-aḥ ʾap-pe-kā} ‘from the breath of Your nostrils’ merges wind and wrath imagery to intensify divine power.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–vav–ḥet
“wind, breath”
In context — Psalm 18:15
Then the channels of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O LORD , at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Psalm 18:15, so the Hebrew word רוּחַ (ruakh) 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 Ps.18.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.15.W10.S1) and character.