Genesis 11:4:6Gen.11.4.W6PAT

וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ

verosho

and its top

Transliteration
ve-RO-sho
Extended
veh-ROH-shoh
IPA
/wə.ˈroː.ʃoː/

Meaning by language

English
and its top
French
et son sommet
Spanish
y su cima
Portuguese
e o seu topo
German
und seine Spitze
Russian
и его вершину
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأْسُهُ
Hindi
और उसका शीर्ष
Chinese-Simplified
和它的顶
Korean
그리고 그것의 꼭대기를
Indonesian
dan puncaknya
Bengali
এবং তার চূড়া
Tagalog
at ang tuktok nito
Swahili
na kilele chake
Amharic
እና ጫፉ
Yoruba
àti orí rẹ̀
Igbo
na elu ya
Twi
ne ne ti
Ewe
kple e ta

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Result
וְ + רֹא + שׁ֣וֹ
ve + ro + sho
verosho

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-RO-sho

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU ha-VA ni-vneh-LA-nu IR u-mig-DAL ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim ve-na-a-se-LA-nu SHEM

  4. sentence

    va-yom-RU ha-VA ni-vneh-LA-nu IR u-mig-DAL ve-RO-sho va-sha-MA-yim ve-na-a-se-LA-nu SHEM pen-na-FUTS al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 11:4

said come build for ourselves a city and a tower and its top in the heavens make for ourselves a name be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 11:4, so the Hebrew word וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ (verosho) 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.11.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.4.W6.S1) and character.