Genesis 1:7:9Gen.1.7.W9PAT
לָרָקִ֔יעַ
larakeeah
“the expanse”
- Transliteration
- la-ra-KEE-ah
- Extended
- lah-rah-KEE-ah
- IPA
- /laː.raː.ˈqiː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- the expanse
- French
- l'étendue
- Spanish
- la extensión
- Portuguese
- a extensão
- German
- der Ausdehnung
- Russian
- пространством
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْفَضَاء
- Hindi
- विस्तार के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 穹苍
- Korean
- 그 궁창
- Indonesian
- hamparan itu
- Bengali
- বিস্তারের
- Tagalog
- ang kalawakan
- Swahili
- uwanda
- Amharic
- ዝርጋታው
- Yoruba
- ìtànkálẹ̀ náà
- Igbo
- mbara ahụ
- Twi
- trɛwmu no
- Ewe
- kekeɖeɖe la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ra-KEE-ah
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah
- clause
va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah
- sentence
va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:7
God {And He} made the expanse separated between the waters that are under the expanse and between the waters that are above the expanse {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 1:7, so the Hebrew word לָרָקִ֔יעַ (larakeeah) 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.1.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.7.W9.S1) and character.