Genesis 1:20:9Gen.1.20.W9PAT
יְעוֹפֵ֣ף
yeofef
“fly”
- Transliteration
- ye-o-FEF
- Extended
- yeh-oh-FEHF
- IPA
- /jə.ʕoː.ˈfeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- fly
- French
- volent
- Spanish
- vuelen
- Portuguese
- voem
- German
- fliegen
- Russian
- летают
- Arabic-Simplified
- يَطِيرُ
- Hindi
- उड़ें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 飞翔
- Korean
- 날아라
- Indonesian
- terbang
- Bengali
- উড়ুক
- Tagalog
- lumipad
- Swahili
- waruke
- Amharic
- ይብረሩ
- Yoruba
- fò
- Igbo
- fee
- Twi
- ntu
- Ewe
- fo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-o-FEF
- phraseyour reading level
ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:20
God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 1:20, so the Hebrew word יְעוֹפֵ֣ף (yeofef) 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.1.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W9.S1) and character.