Genesis 1:16:4Gen.1.16.W4PAT

הַמְּאֹרֹ֖ת

hameorot

luminaries

Transliteration
ha-me-o-ROT
Extended
hah-meh-oh-ROHT
IPA
/ham.mə.ʔoː.ˈroːθ/

Meaning by language

English
luminaries
French
luminaires
Spanish
astros
Portuguese
astros
German
Leuchtkörper
Russian
светила
Arabic-Simplified
الأَجْرَامُ النَّيِّرَةُ
Hindi
ज्योति-पिंड
Chinese-Simplified
光体
Korean
광체들
Indonesian
benda-benda penerang
Bengali
আলোকপিণ্ড
Tagalog
mga tanglaw
Swahili
taa
Amharic
ብርሃናት
Yoruba
ìmólẹ̀
Igbo
ihe ọkụ
Twi
nkanea
Ewe
kekeliwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מְּ + אֹ + רֹ֖ת
ha + me + o + rot
hameorot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-me-o-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT

  3. clause

    va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM

  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 1:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word הַמְּאֹרֹ֖ת (hameorot) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W4.S1) and character.