Genesis 3:6:8Gen.3.6.W8PAT
תַֽאֲוָה־ה֣וּא
taavahu
“a delight”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-va-HU
- Extended
- tah-ah-vah-HOO
- IPA
- /ta.ʔă.vaː.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a delight
- French
- un délice
- Spanish
- un deleite
- Portuguese
- um deleite
- German
- eine Lust
- Russian
- услада
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَذَّةٌ
- Hindi
- आनंद
- Chinese-Simplified
- 令人喜悦的
- Korean
- 즐거움
- Indonesian
- kenikmatan
- Bengali
- আনন্দ
- Tagalog
- isang kaluguran
- Swahili
- furaha
- Amharic
- ደስታ
- Yoruba
- ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀
- Igbo
- ihe na-atọ ụtọ
- Twi
- ɛyɛ anigye
- Ewe
- dzidzɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-a-va-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KI ta-a-va-HU la-eh-NA-yim
- clause
va-TE-re ha-ish-SHA KI TOV ha-ETS le-ma-a-KHAL ve-KI ta-a-va-HU la-eh-NA-yim ve-nekh-MAD ha-ETS le-has-KIL va-tik-KAKH mip-pir-YO va-to-KHAL
- sentence
va-TE-re ha-ish-SHA KI TOV ha-ETS le-ma-a-KHAL ve-KI ta-a-va-HU la-eh-NA-yim ve-nekh-MAD ha-ETS le-has-KIL va-tik-KAKH mip-pir-YO va-to-KHAL va-tit-TEN gam-le-i-SHAH im-MAH va-yo-KHAL
In context — Genesis 3:6
the woman saw that good the tree for eating and that a delight for the eyes and desirable the tree to make wise took from its fruit ate gave also to her husband with her ate
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 3:6, so the Hebrew word תַֽאֲוָה־ה֣וּא (taavahu) 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.3.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.6.W8.S1) and character.