Genesis 15:17:4Gen.15.17.W4PAT
וַעֲלָטָ֖ה
vaalata
“and thick darkness”
- Transliteration
- va-a-la-TA
- Extended
- vah-ah-lah-TAA
- IPA
- /wa.ʕă.laː.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and thick darkness
- French
- et l'obscurité épaisse
- Spanish
- y espesa oscuridad
- Portuguese
- e densa escuridão
- German
- und tiefe Dunkelheit
- Russian
- и густая тьма
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعتمة كثيفة
- Hindi
- और घना अंधकार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并浓密的黑暗
- Korean
- 그리고 짙은 어둠
- Indonesian
- dan kegelapan pekat
- Bengali
- এবং ঘন অন্ধকার
- Tagalog
- at makapal na dilim
- Swahili
- na giza nene
- Amharic
- እና ጥቅጥቅ ያለ ጨለማ
- Yoruba
- ati òkùnkùn fẹ́lẹ́fẹ́lẹ́
- Igbo
- na ọchịchịrị gbara ọkpụrụkpụ
- Twi
- na esum kabii
- Ewe
- kple viviti do go
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-la-TA
- clause
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 15:17
the sun and it happened had set and thick darkness was and behold smoke a furnace of fire and a torch of that passed between pieces these
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַעֲלָטָ֖ה (vaalata) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W4.S1) and character.