Genesis 6:17:4Gen.6.17.W4PAT
אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל
ethammabul
“the flood”
- Transliteration
- et-ham-ma-BUL
- Extended
- eht-ham-ma-BOOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ham.ma.ˈbuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the flood
- French
- le déluge
- Spanish
- el diluvio
- Portuguese
- o dilúvio
- German
- die Flut
- Russian
- потоп
- Arabic-Simplified
- الطوفان
- Hindi
- जलप्रलय
- Chinese-Simplified
- 洪水
- Korean
- 홍수
- Indonesian
- air bah
- Bengali
- প্লাবন
- Tagalog
- ang baha
- Swahili
- gharika
- Amharic
- የጥፋት ውኃ
- Yoruba
- ìkún omi náà
- Igbo
- iju mmiri ahụ
- Twi
- nsuyiri no
- Ewe
- tsiƒoɖa 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ham-ma-BUL
- phraseyour reading level
hi-ne-NI me-VI et-ham-ma-BUL MA-yim
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 6:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 6:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל (ethammabul) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.17.W4.S1) and character.