Genesis 1:5:3Gen.1.5.W3PAT
לָאוֹר֙
laor
“the light”
- Transliteration
- la-OR
- Extended
- lah-OHR
- IPA
- /laː.ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the light
- French
- la lumière
- Spanish
- la luz
- Portuguese
- a luz
- German
- das Licht
- Russian
- свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- النُّور
- Hindi
- उस प्रकाश को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那光
- Korean
- 그 빛을
- Indonesian
- terang itu
- Bengali
- সেই আলোকে
- Tagalog
- ang liwanag
- Swahili
- nuru ile
- Amharic
- ብርሃኑን
- Yoruba
- ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà
- Igbo
- ìhè ahụ
- Twi
- hann no
- Ewe
- kekeli la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-OR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR
- clause
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR YOM ve-la-KHO-shekh ka-RA LAI-la
- sentence
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR YOM ve-la-KHO-shekh ka-RA LAI-la va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM e-KHAD
In context — Genesis 1:5
God {And He} called the light day and the darkness He called night {And} there was evening and there was morning one day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:5, so the Hebrew word לָאוֹר֙ (laor) 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.1.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.5.W3.S1) and character.