Genesis 11:1:3Gen.11.1.W3PAT
שָׂפָ֣ה
safa
“language”
- Transliteration
- sa-FA
- Extended
- sah-FAA
- IPA
- /saːˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- language
- French
- langue
- Spanish
- lengua
- Portuguese
- língua
- German
- Sprache
- Russian
- язык
- Arabic-Simplified
- لغة
- Hindi
- भाषा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 语言
- Korean
- 언어
- Indonesian
- bahasa
- Bengali
- ভাষা
- Tagalog
- wika
- Swahili
- lugha
- Amharic
- ቋንቋ
- Yoruba
- èdè
- Igbo
- asụsụ
- Twi
- kasa
- Ewe
- gbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שָׂ + פָ֣ה
↓
sa + fa
↓
safa
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
sa-FA
- phraseyour reading level
sa-FA eh-KHAT
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-A-rets sa-FA eh-KHAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-A-rets sa-FA eh-KHAT oo-de-va-RIM a-kha-DIM
In context — Genesis 11:1
the whole earth was language one and words same
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 11:1, so the Hebrew word שָׂפָ֣ה (safa) 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.11.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.1.W3.S1) and character.