Exodus 10:15:4Exod.10.15.W4PAT

וַתֶּחְשַׁ֣ךְ

vatekhshakh

and it was darkened

Transliteration
va-tekh-SHAKH
Extended
vah-tehkh-SHAHKH
IPA
/vat.tɛħˈʃax/

Meaning by language

English
and it was darkened
French
et elle s'assombrit
Spanish
y se oscureció
Portuguese
e escureceu
German
und wurde verfinstert
Russian
и потемнела
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَظْلَمَتْ
Hindi
और अन्धकारमय हुई
Chinese-Simplified
就变黑暗了
Korean
그리고 어두워졌다
Indonesian
dan menjadi gelap
Bengali
এবং অন্ধকার হয়ে গেল
Tagalog
at dumilim
Swahili
nayo ikatiwa giza
Amharic
እና ጨለመች
Yoruba
ó sì ṣókùnkùn
Igbo
ma o gbara ọchịchịrị
Twi
na ɛyɛɛ sum
Ewe
eye eƒo tsi

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Result
וַ + תֶּחְ + שַׁ֣ךְ
va + tekh + shakh
vatekhshakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tekh-SHAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tekh-SHAKH ha-A-rets

  3. clause

    va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN KOL-ha-A-rets va-tekh-SHAKH ha-A-rets va-YO-khal ET-KOL-E-sev ha-A-rets ve-ET KOL-pe-REE ha-ETS a-SHER ho-TIR ha-ba-RAD

  4. sentence

    va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN KOL-ha-A-rets va-tekh-SHAKH ha-A-rets va-YO-khal ET-KOL-E-sev ha-A-rets ve-ET KOL-pe-REE ha-ETS a-SHER ho-TIR ha-ba-RAD ve-LO-no-TAR KOL-YE-rek ba-ETS u-ve-E-sev ha-sa-DEH be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextExodus 10:15

and it covered the face of all the land and it was darkened the land and it ate all the vegetation of the land and all the fruit of the tree which had left the hail and did not remain any green thing in the tree and in the vegetation the field in all the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Exodus 10:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 10:15, so the Hebrew word וַתֶּחְשַׁ֣ךְ (vatekhshakh) 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 Exod.10.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.10.15.W4.S1) and character.