Genesis 1:6:4Gen.1.6.W4PAT
רָקִ֖יעַ
rakia
“an expanse”
- Transliteration
- ra-KI-a
- Extended
- rah-KEE-ah
- IPA
- /raː.ˈqiː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an expanse
- French
- une étendue
- Spanish
- una expansión
- Portuguese
- uma expansão
- German
- eine Ausdehnung
- Russian
- пространство
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَضَاءٌ
- Hindi
- एक विस्तार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一片穹空
- Korean
- 한 궁창
- Indonesian
- hamparan
- Bengali
- এক বিস্তার
- Tagalog
- isang kalawakan
- Swahili
- anga
- Amharic
- አንድ ዝርጋታ
- Yoruba
- ìtànkálẹ̀ kan
- Igbo
- mbara
- Twi
- trɛwmu bi
- Ewe
- gbɔgbɔƒe aɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ra-KI-a
- phraseyour reading level
ye-HI ra-KI-a
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:6
God {And He} said let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it be separating between waters and waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word רָקִ֖יעַ (rakia) 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.1.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W4.S1) and character.