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
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-RU-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM
- 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 1:2:8 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.