Genesis 1:5:5Gen.1.5.W5PAT
וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ
velakhoshekh
“and the darkness”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KHO-shekh
- Extended
- veh-lah-KHOH-shehkh
- IPA
- /wə.la.ˈħoː.ʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the darkness
- French
- et l'obscurité
- Spanish
- y la oscuridad
- Portuguese
- e a escuridão
- German
- und die Finsternis
- Russian
- и тьму
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَالظُّلْمَةَ
- Hindi
- और उस अंधकार को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而那黑暗
- Korean
- 그리고 그 어둠을
- Indonesian
- dan kegelapan itu
- Bengali
- এবং সেই অন্ধকারকে
- Tagalog
- at ang dilim
- Swahili
- na giza lile
- Amharic
- እና ጨለማውን
- Yoruba
- àti òkùnkùn náà
- Igbo
- na ọchịchịrị ahụ
- Twi
- na sum no
- Ewe
- eye viviti la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-la-KHO-shekh
- 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 1:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:5, so the Hebrew word וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (velakhoshekh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.5.W5.S1) and character.