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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
bir-KI-a
- phraseyour reading level
bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- 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 1:15:3 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.