Genesis 1:4:10Gen.1.4.W10PAT
הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
hakhoshekh
“the darkness”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHO-shekh
- Extended
- hah-KHOH-shekh
- IPA
- /ha.ˈħoː.ʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the darkness
- French
- l'obscurité
- Spanish
- la oscuridad
- Portuguese
- a escuridão
- German
- der Finsternis
- Russian
- тьмой
- Arabic-Simplified
- الظُّلْمَةِ
- Hindi
- अंधकार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 黑暗
- Korean
- 어둠
- Indonesian
- kegelapan
- Bengali
- অন্ধকার
- Tagalog
- dilim
- Swahili
- giza
- Amharic
- ጨለማው
- Yoruba
- òkùnkùn
- Igbo
- ọchịchịrị
- Twi
- sum no
- Ewe
- viviti la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-KHO-shekh
- phraseyour reading level
oo-BEN ha-KHO-shekh
- clause
va-yav-DEL e-lo-HIM BEN ha-OR oo-BEN ha-KHO-shekh
- sentence
va-YAR e-lo-HIM et-ha-OR ki-TOV va-yav-DEL e-lo-HIM BEN ha-OR oo-BEN ha-KHO-shekh
In context — Genesis 1:4
God {And He} saw the light that it was good God {And He} separated between the light and the darkness
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 1:4, so the Hebrew word הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (hakhoshekh) 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.1.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.4.W10.S1) and character.