Genesis 3:24:6Gen.3.24.W6PAT
אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֗ים
ethakeruvim
“the cherubim”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ke-ru-VIM
- Extended
- eht-hah-keh-roo-VEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hak.kə.ruˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cherubim
- French
- les chérubins
- Spanish
- los querubines
- Portuguese
- os querubins
- German
- die Cherubim
- Russian
- херувимов
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْكَرُوبِيم
- Hindi
- करूबों को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 基路伯
- Korean
- 그룹들을
- Indonesian
- kerub-kerub
- Bengali
- করূবদের
- Tagalog
- mga kerubin
- Swahili
- makerubi
- Amharic
- ኪሩቤላትን
- Yoruba
- àwọn kerubu
- Igbo
- ndị kerubim
- Twi
- Kerubim no
- Ewe
- kerubimwo la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ke-ru-VIM
- clause
va-yash-KEN mi-KE-dem le-gan-E-den et-ha-ke-ru-VIM ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev ha-mit-ha-PE-khet li-SHMOR et-DE-rekh ETS ha-khai-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-GA-resh et-ha-a-DAM va-yash-KEN mi-KE-dem le-gan-E-den et-ha-ke-ru-VIM ve-ET LA-hat ha-KHE-rev ha-mit-ha-PE-khet li-SHMOR et-DE-rekh ETS ha-khai-YIM
In context — Genesis 3:24
He expelled the man He set the cherubim and the flame of the sword turning on the east side of the garden of Eden to guard the path to the tree of life
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 3:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֗ים (ethakeruvim) 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.3.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.24.W6.S1) and character.