Genesis 1:2:11Gen.1.2.W11PAT
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י
alpene
“upon the surface of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.pə.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the surface of
- French
- sur la surface des
- Spanish
- sobre la superficie de las
- Portuguese
- sobre a superfície das
- German
- über der Oberfläche von
- Russian
- над поверхностью
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَلَى وَجْهِ
- Hindi
- सतह पर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 表面上
- Korean
- 표면 위에
- Indonesian
- di atas permukaan
- Bengali
- পৃষ্ঠের ওপর
- Tagalog
- sa ibabaw ng
- Swahili
- juu ya uso wa
- Amharic
- ፊት ላይ
- Yoruba
- lórí ojú ti
- Igbo
- n'elu ihu nke
- Twi
- ani so
- Ewe
- le ŋku dzi na
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
- 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 1:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֥י (alpene) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W11.S1) and character.