Genesis 1:16:11Gen.1.16.W11PAT

הַקָּטֹן֙

hakaton

lesser

Transliteration
ha-ka-TON
Extended
hah-kah-TOHN
IPA
/haq.qaː.ˈtoːn/

Meaning by language

English
lesser
French
plus petit
Spanish
menor
Portuguese
menor
German
kleineren
Russian
меньшее
Arabic-Simplified
الأَصْغَرُ
Hindi
छोटा
Chinese-Simplified
更小的
Korean
더 작은
Indonesian
yang lebih kecil
Bengali
ক্ষুদ্রতর
Tagalog
mas maliit
Swahili
ndogo zaidi
Amharic
ያነሰ
Yoruba
kékeré jù
Igbo
nta karị
Twi
ketewa
Ewe
sue wu

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Result
הַ + קָּ + טֹן֙
ha + ka + ton
hakaton

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ka-TON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON

  3. clause

    et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM

In contextGenesis 1:16

God {And He} made the two great luminaries greater the luminary to rule over the day lesser and the luminary to rule over the night and the stars

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word הַקָּטֹן֙ (hakaton) 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.1.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W11.S1) and character.