Genesis 1:15:3Gen.1.15.W3PAT

בִּרְקִ֣יעַ

birkia

in the expanse of

Transliteration
bir-KI-a
Extended
bir-KEE-ah
IPA
/bir.ˈqiː.aʕ/

Meaning by language

English
in the expanse of
French
dans l'étendue des
Spanish
en la expansión de los
Portuguese
na expansão dos
German
in der Wölbung des
Russian
в пространстве
Arabic-Simplified
فِي جَلَدِ
Hindi
विस्तार में
Chinese-Simplified
穹苍中
Korean
궁창 안에
Indonesian
di bentangan
Bengali
বিস্তারে
Tagalog
sa kalawakan ng
Swahili
katika anga la
Amharic
ጠፈር ውስጥ
Yoruba
ní ìtànkálẹ̀ ti
Igbo
n'ime mbara nke
Twi
trɛwmu mu
Ewe
le kakaka me na

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Result
בִּרְ + קִ֣י + עַ
bir + ki + a
birkia

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    bir-KI-a

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 1:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:15, so the Hebrew word בִּרְקִ֣יעַ (birkia) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.15.W3.S1) and character.