Genesis 1:2:10Gen.1.2.W10PAT
מְרַחֶ֖פֶת
merakhefet
“was hovering”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-KHE-fet
- Extended
- meh-rah-KHE-feht
- IPA
- /mə.ra.ˈħɛ.fɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was hovering
- French
- planait
- Spanish
- se cernía
- Portuguese
- pairava
- German
- schwebte
- Russian
- парил
- Arabic-Simplified
- مُرَفْرِفَةٌ
- Hindi
- मँडरा रही थी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 盘旋着
- Korean
- 맴돌고 있었다
- Indonesian
- melayang
- Bengali
- মণ্ডরাচ্ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay lumilipad-lipad
- Swahili
- ikipepea
- Amharic
- ይንሳፈፍ ነበር
- Yoruba
- ń rababa
- Igbo
- na-efegharị
- Twi
- na ɛnam
- Ewe
- le fifim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ra-KHE-fet
- clause
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:2
and the earth was formless and empty and darkness was upon the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering upon the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word מְרַחֶ֖פֶת (merakhefet) 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.1.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W10.S1) and character.