Genesis 1:15:2Gen.1.15.W2PAT
לִמְאוֹרֹת֙
limeorot
“lights”
- Transliteration
- li-me-o-ROT
- Extended
- lih-meh-oh-ROHT
- IPA
- /lim.ʔoː.ˈroːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- lights
- French
- des luminaires
- Spanish
- luminarias
- Portuguese
- luminares
- German
- Lichter
- Russian
- светилами
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَنْوَارًا
- Hindi
- ज्योतियों के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 光体
- Korean
- 광체들로
- Indonesian
- penerang-penerang
- Bengali
- জ্যোতিসমূহ
- Tagalog
- mga tanglaw
- Swahili
- mianga
- Amharic
- ብርሃናት
- Yoruba
- àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀
- Igbo
- ìhè
- Twi
- nkanea
- Ewe
- kekeliwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-me-o-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT
- clause
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets va-ye-HI-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:15
lights and let them be in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:15, so the Hebrew word לִמְאוֹרֹת֙ (limeorot) 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.1.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.15.W2.S1) and character.