Genesis 2:6:4Gen.2.6.W4PAT

וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה

vehishka

and watered

Transliteration
ve-hish-KA
Extended
veh-hish-KAA
IPA
/və.hiʃ.ˈqaː/

Meaning by language

English
and watered
French
et arrosait
Spanish
y regaba
Portuguese
e regava
German
und bewässerte
Russian
и орошал
Arabic-Simplified
ويروي
Hindi
और सींचता था
Chinese-Simplified
并浇灌
Korean
그리고 적셨다
Indonesian
dan membasahi
Bengali
এবং সেচ দিত
Tagalog
at dinidilig
Swahili
na ulimwagilia
Amharic
እና ያጠጣ ነበር
Yoruba
ó sì ń bomi sí
Igbo
ma na-agba mmiri na
Twi
na ɛguu so nsu
Ewe
eye tsina

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הִשְׁ + קָ֖ה
ve + hish + ka
vehishka

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-hish-KA

  2. clause

    ve-hish-KA et-kol-pe-nei-ha-a-da-MA

  3. sentence

    ve-ED ya-a-LE min-ha-A-rets ve-hish-KA et-kol-pe-nei-ha-a-da-MA

In contextGenesis 2:6

but a mist rose from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground

About this coordinate

Genesis 2:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 2:6, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה (vehishka) 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.2.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.6.W4.S1) and character.