Genesis 1:2:4Gen.1.2.W4PAT
וָבֹ֔הוּ
vavohu
“and empty”
- Transliteration
- va-VO-hu
- Extended
- vah-VOH-hoo
- IPA
- /waː.ˈvoː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and empty
- French
- et vide
- Spanish
- y vacía
- Portuguese
- e vazia
- German
- und leer
- Russian
- и пуста
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَخَالِيَةً
- Hindi
- और खाली
- Chinese-Simplified
- 且空虚
- Korean
- 비어
- Indonesian
- dan kosong
- Bengali
- এবং শূন্য
- Tagalog
- at walang laman
- Swahili
- na tupu
- Amharic
- እና ባዶ
- Yoruba
- àti òfo
- Igbo
- na efu
- Twi
- na ahuhuo
- Ewe
- eye ƒu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-VO-hu
- clause
ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM
- 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 1:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word וָבֹ֔הוּ (vavohu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W4.S1) and character.