Genesis 1:17:4Gen.1.17.W4PAT
בִּרְקִ֣יעַ
birkia
“in the expanse of”
- Transliteration
- bir-KI-a
- Extended
- bir-KEE-ah
- IPA
- /bir.ˈqiː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the expanse of
- French
- dans l'étendue des
- Spanish
- en la expansión de
- Portuguese
- na expansão dos
- German
- in der Wölbung der
- Russian
- в тверди
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي فَلَكِ
- Hindi
- विस्तार में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 穹苍中
- Korean
- 궁창에
- Indonesian
- di hamparan
- Bengali
- বিস্তারে
- Tagalog
- sa kalawakan ng
- Swahili
- katika anga la
- Amharic
- ጠፈር ውስጥ
- Yoruba
- ní òfuurufú ti
- Igbo
- n'ime mbara nke
- Twi
- trɛw mu
- Ewe
- le gbedzedze 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bir-KI-a
- phraseyour reading level
bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:17
God {And He} placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:17, 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.1.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.17.W4.S1) and character.