Genesis 10:8:1Gen.10.8.W1PAT

וְכ֖וּשׁ

vekhush

and Cush

Transliteration
ve-KHUSH
Extended
veh-KHOOSH
IPA
/wə.ˈxuːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and Cush
French
et Koush
Spanish
y Cus
Portuguese
e Cuxe
German
und Kusch
Russian
и Куш
Arabic-Simplified
وكوش
Hindi
और कूश ने
Chinese-Simplified
和古实
Korean
그리고 구스는
Indonesian
dan Kush
Bengali
এবং কূশ
Tagalog
at si Cus
Swahili
na Kushi
Amharic
እና ኩሽ
Yoruba
ati Kuṣi
Igbo
na Kushi
Twi
na Kus
Ewe
eye Kuš

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Result
וְ + כ֖וּשׁ
ve + khush
vekhush

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-KHUSH

  2. clause

    ve-KHUSH ya-LAD et-nim-ROD

  3. sentence

    ve-KHUSH ya-LAD et-nim-ROD HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets

In contextGenesis 10:8

and Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 10:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 10:8, so the Hebrew word וְכ֖וּשׁ (vekhush) 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.10.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.8.W1.S1) and character.