Genesis 1:4:3Gen.1.4.W3PAT
אֶת־הָא֖וֹר
ethaor
“the light”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-OR
- Extended
- eht-hah-OHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the light
- French
- la lumière
- Spanish
- la luz
- Portuguese
- a luz
- German
- das Licht
- Russian
- свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- النُّورَ
- Hindi
- प्रकाश को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 光
- Korean
- 빛을
- Indonesian
- cahaya
- Bengali
- আলোটিকে
- Tagalog
- ang liwanag
- Swahili
- nuru
- Amharic
- ብርሃኑን
- Yoruba
- ìmọ́lẹ̀
- Igbo
- ìhè
- Twi
- hann no
- Ewe
- kekeli la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶת + הָא֖ + וֹר
↓
et + ha + or
↓
ethaor
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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)
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-OR
- clause
va-YAR e-lo-HIM et-ha-OR ki-TOV
- 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 1:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָא֖וֹר (ethaor) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.4.W3.S1) and character.