Genesis 3:2:3Gen.3.2.W3PAT
אֶל־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ
elhanakhash
“to the serpent”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-na-KHASH
- Extended
- ehl-hah-nah-KHAASH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.han.naː.ˈħaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the serpent
- French
- au serpent
- Spanish
- a la serpiente
- Portuguese
- à serpente
- German
- zu der Schlange
- Russian
- змее
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الحية
- Hindi
- सर्प को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对那蛇
- Korean
- 뱀에게
- Indonesian
- kepada ular itu
- Bengali
- সাপকে
- Tagalog
- sa ahas na iyon
- Swahili
- kwa nyoka yule
- Amharic
- ለእባቡ
- Yoruba
- sí ejò náà
- Igbo
- nye agwọ ahụ
- Twi
- ɔwɔ no
- Ewe
- ɖe da la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶל + הַ + נָּ + חָ֑שׁ
↓
el + ha + na + khash
↓
elhanakhash
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-na-KHASH
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-ish-SHA el-ha-na-KHASH
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-ish-SHA el-ha-na-KHASH mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN no-KHEL
In context — Genesis 3:2
the woman said to the serpent may eat from fruit of the garden tree
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 3:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ (elhanakhash) 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.3.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.2.W3.S1) and character.