Genesis 1:6:8Gen.1.6.W8PAT

מַבְדִּ֔יל

mavedil

separating

Transliteration
ma-ve-DIL
Extended
mah-veh-DEEL
IPA
/ma.və.ˈdiːl/

Meaning by language

English
separating
French
séparatrice
Spanish
separadora
Portuguese
separadora
German
trennend
Russian
отделяющим
Arabic-Simplified
فَاصِلًا
Hindi
अलग करनेवाला
Chinese-Simplified
分隔
Korean
분리하는
Indonesian
memisahkan
Bengali
পৃথককারী
Tagalog
naghihiwalay
Swahili
ikitenganisha
Amharic
የሚለይ
Yoruba
tí ń yà
Igbo
na-ekewa
Twi
ɛrekyekyɛ mu
Ewe
mã kla

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Result
מַ + בְ + דִּ֔יל
ma + ve + dil
mavedil

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-ve-DIL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    vi-HI ma-ve-DIL

  3. clause

    vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 1:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word מַבְדִּ֔יל (mavedil) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W8.S1) and character.