Deuteronomy 4:11:12Deut.4.11.W12PAT
וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
vaarafel
“gloom”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ra-FEL
- Extended
- vah-ah-rah-FEHL
- IPA
- /va.ʕa.raˈfɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- gloom
- French
- ténèbres
- Spanish
- tinieblas
- Portuguese
- trevas
- German
- Finsternis
- Russian
- мрак
- Arabic-Simplified
- ظلام دامس
- Hindi
- गहरा अंधकार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 幽暗
- Korean
- 짙은 어둠
- Indonesian
- kegelapan pekat
- Bengali
- ঘন অন্ধকার
- Tagalog
- matinding dilim
- Swahili
- giza nene
- Amharic
- ጥቁር ጨለማ
- Yoruba
- òkùnkùn jinlẹ̀
- Igbo
- ọchịchịrị miri emi
- Twi
- sum kabii
- Ewe
- su gã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ra-FEL
- phraseyour reading level
a-NAN va-a-ra-FEL
- clause
ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH ad-LEV ha-sha-MA-yim KHO-shekh a-NAN va-a-ra-FEL
- sentence
va-tik-re-VOON va-ta-am-DOON TA-khat ha-HAR ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH ad-LEV ha-sha-MA-yim KHO-shekh a-NAN va-a-ra-FEL
In context — Deuteronomy 4:11
approached stood at the foot of the mountain the mountain burning in the fire to the heart of the heavens darkness cloud gloom
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 4:11, so the Hebrew word וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (vaarafel) 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 Deut.4.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.11.W12.S1) and character.