Genesis 6:17:10Gen.6.17.W10PAT

ר֣וּחַ

ruakh

breath of

Transliteration
RU-akh
Extended
ROO-ahkh
IPA
/ˈruː.aħ/

Meaning by language

English
breath of
French
souffle de
Spanish
aliento de
Portuguese
fôlego de
German
Atem
Russian
дыхание
Arabic-Simplified
نَفَس
Hindi
साँस
Chinese-Simplified
气息
Korean
호흡
Indonesian
napas
Bengali
শ্বাস
Tagalog
hininga
Swahili
pumzi ya
Amharic
እስትንፋስ
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí ti
Igbo
ume nke
Twi
home
Ewe
gbɔgbɔ

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Result
ר֣וּ + חַ
ru + akh
ruakh

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    RU-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    RU-akh khai-YIM

  3. clause

    va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-a-NI hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim al-ha-A-rets le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR a-sher-BO RU-akh khai-YIM mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim KOL a-sher-ba-A-rets yig-VA

In contextGenesis 6:17

and I here I am bringing the flood waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which breath of life from under the heavens everything that is on the earth will die

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 6:17, so the Hebrew word ר֣וּחַ (ruakh) 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.6.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.17.W10.S1) and character.