Genesis 49:3:5Gen.49.3.W5PAT
וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית
vereshit
“and beginning of”
- Transliteration
- ve-re-SHIT
- Extended
- veh-reh-SHEET
- IPA
- /wə.reːˈʃiːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and beginning of
- French
- et commencement de
- Spanish
- y comienzo de
- Portuguese
- e começo de
- German
- und Anfang von
- Russian
- и начало
- Arabic-Simplified
- وبداية
- Hindi
- और आरम्भ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和开端
- Korean
- 그리고 시작
- Indonesian
- dan permulaan dari
- Bengali
- এবং সূচনা
- Tagalog
- at pasimula ng
- Swahili
- na mwanzo wa
- Amharic
- እና መጀመሪያ የ
- Yoruba
- àti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ti
- Igbo
- na mmalite nke
- Twi
- na mfiase a
- Ewe
- kple gɔmedzedze si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-re-SHIT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-re-SHIT o-NI
- clause
re-u-VEN be-KHO-ri a-TA ko-KHI ve-re-SHIT o-NI
- sentence
re-u-VEN be-KHO-ri a-TA ko-KHI ve-re-SHIT o-NI YE-ter se-ET ve-YE-ter AZ
In context — Genesis 49:3
Reuben my firstborn you my strength and beginning of my vigor excellence of dignity and excellence of might
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:3, so the Hebrew word וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית (vereshit) 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.49.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.3.W5.S1) and character.