Genesis 1:8:3Gen.1.8.W3PAT
לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ
larakia
“the expanse”
- Transliteration
- la-ra-KI-a
- Extended
- lah-rah-KEE-ah
- IPA
- /laː.raːˈqiː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the expanse
- French
- l'étendue
- Spanish
- la expansión
- Portuguese
- a expansão
- German
- die Wölbung
- Russian
- свод
- Arabic-Simplified
- الجَلَد
- Hindi
- विस्तार को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 穹苍
- Korean
- 궁창을
- Indonesian
- hamparan itu
- Bengali
- বিস্তারকে
- Tagalog
- ang kalawakan
- Swahili
- anga
- Amharic
- ጠፈሩን
- Yoruba
- òfuurufú náà
- Igbo
- mbara ahụ
- Twi
- trɛwmu no
- Ewe
- dziƒo 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-KI-a
- clause
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-ra-KI-a sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-ra-KI-a sha-MA-yim va-ye-HI-E-rev va-ye-HI-VO-ker YOM she-NI
In context — Genesis 1:8
God {And He} called the expanse heavens {And} there was evening {And} there was morning second day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:8, so the Hebrew word לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ (larakia) 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.1.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.8.W3.S1) and character.