Genesis 1:16:6Gen.1.16.W6PAT
אֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר
ethamaor
“the luminary”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ma-OR
- Extended
- eht-hah-mah-OHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ham.maː.ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the luminary
- French
- le luminaire
- Spanish
- el astro
- Portuguese
- o astro
- German
- den Leuchtkörper
- Russian
- светило
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْجِرْمُ النَّيِّرُ
- Hindi
- ज्योति-पिंड
- Chinese-Simplified
- 光体
- Korean
- 광체
- Indonesian
- benda penerang itu
- Bengali
- আলোকপিণ্ডটি
- Tagalog
- ang tanglaw
- Swahili
- taa
- Amharic
- ብርሃኑ
- Yoruba
- ìmólẹ̀ náà
- Igbo
- ihe ọkụ ahụ
- Twi
- kanea no
- Ewe
- kekeli la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ma-OR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 1:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר (ethamaor) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W6.S1) and character.