Genesis 1:2:8Gen.1.2.W8PAT

וְר֣וּחַ

veruakh

and the Spirit of

Transliteration
ve-RU-akh
Extended
veh-ROO-ahkh
IPA
/wə.ˈruː.aħ/

Meaning by language

English
and the Spirit of
French
et l'esprit de
Spanish
y el espíritu de
Portuguese
e o espírito de
German
und der Geist
Russian
и Дух
Arabic-Simplified
وَرُوحُ
Hindi
आत्मा
Chinese-Simplified
灵在
Korean
영이
Indonesian
dan Roh
Bengali
আত্মা
Tagalog
at espiritu ng
Swahili
na Roho ya
Amharic
መንፈስ
Yoruba
àti ẹ̀mí ti
Igbo
na mmụọ nke
Twi
Honhom
Ewe
gbɔgbɔ

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Result
וְ + ר֣וּ + חַ
ve + ru + akh
veruakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-RU-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 1:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word וְר֣וּחַ (veruakh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W8.S1) and character.