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

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Result
הַ + חֹֽ + שֶׁךְ׃
ha + kho + shekh
hakhoshekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-KHO-shekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-BEN ha-KHO-shekh

  3. clause

    va-yav-DEL e-lo-HIM BEN ha-OR oo-BEN ha-KHO-shekh

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.