Genesis 1:3:4Gen.1.3.W4PAT
א֑וֹר
or
“light”
- Transliteration
- OR
- Extended
- OHR
- IPA
- /ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- light
- French
- lumière
- Spanish
- luz
- Portuguese
- luz
- German
- Licht
- Russian
- свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- نُور
- Hindi
- प्रकाश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 光
- Korean
- 빛
- Indonesian
- cahaya
- Bengali
- আলো
- Tagalog
- liwanag
- Swahili
- nuru
- Amharic
- ብርሃን
- Yoruba
- ìmọ́lẹ̀
- Igbo
- ìhè
- Twi
- hann
- Ewe
- kekeli
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
OR
- phraseyour reading level
ye-HI OR
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI OR
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI OR va-ye-HI-OR
In context — Genesis 1:3
God {And He} said let there be light {And} there was light
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:3, so the Hebrew word א֑וֹר (or) 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.1.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.3.W4.S1) and character.