Genesis 8:1:12Gen.8.1.W12PAT

ר֙וּחַ֙

ruakh

a wind

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

Meaning by language

English
a wind
French
un vent
Spanish
un viento
Portuguese
um vento
German
einen Wind
Russian
ветер
Arabic-Simplified
ريحًا
Hindi
एक पवन
Chinese-Simplified
一阵风
Korean
바람을
Indonesian
angin
Bengali
একটি বাতাস
Tagalog
isang hangin
Swahili
upepo
Amharic
ነፋስ
Yoruba
ẹ̀fúùfù kan
Igbo
ifufe
Twi
mframa bi
Ewe
mframa ɖeka

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Result
ר֙וּ + חַ֙
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

    va-ya-a-VER e-lo-HIM RU-akh

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-VER e-lo-HIM RU-akh al-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHO-ku ha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-NO-akh ve-ET kol-ha-khai-YAH ve-et-kol-ha-be-he-MAH a-SHER it-TO ba-te-VAH va-ya-a-VER e-lo-HIM RU-akh al-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHO-ku ha-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 8:1

God remembered Noah and all the living creatures and all the livestock that were with him in the ark God sent a wind over the earth the waters subsided

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 8:1, so the Hebrew word ר֙וּחַ֙ (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.8.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.1.W12.S1) and character.