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

Result
וַ + עֲ + רָ + פֶֽל׃
va + a + ra + fel
vaarafel

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-ra-FEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-NAN va-a-ra-FEL

  3. clause

    ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH ad-LEV ha-sha-MA-yim KHO-shekh a-NAN va-a-ra-FEL

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.