Genesis 1:2:5Gen.1.2.W5PAT
וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ
vekhoshekh
“and darkness was”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHO-shekh
- Extended
- veh-KHOH-shehkh
- IPA
- /wə.ˈħoː.ʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and darkness was
- French
- et l'obscurité était
- Spanish
- y la oscuridad estaba
- Portuguese
- e a escuridão estava
- German
- und die Finsternis war
- Russian
- и тьма была
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَظُلْمَةٌ
- Hindi
- और अंधकार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而黑暗在
- Korean
- 그리고 어둠이
- Indonesian
- dan kegelapan ada
- Bengali
- এবং অন্ধকার
- Tagalog
- at ang kadiliman ay
- Swahili
- na giza lilikuwa
- Amharic
- እና ጨለማ
- Yoruba
- àti òkùnkùn wà
- Igbo
- na ọchịchịrị dị
- Twi
- na esum wɔ
- Ewe
- eye viviti nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHO-shekh
- 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 1:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (vekhoshekh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W5.S1) and character.