Genesis 8:5:4Gen.8.5.W4PAT
וְחָס֔וֹר
vekhasor
“and diminishing”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-SOR
- Extended
- veh-khah-SOHR
- IPA
- /və.ħaː.ˈsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and diminishing
- French
- et diminuant
- Spanish
- y disminuyendo
- Portuguese
- e diminuindo
- German
- und abnehmend
- Russian
- и убывая
- Arabic-Simplified
- ومتناقصة
- Hindi
- और घटते हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并减退
- Korean
- 그리고 줄어들며
- Indonesian
- dan berkurang
- Bengali
- এবং কমতে কমতে
- Tagalog
- at humuhupa
- Swahili
- na kupungua
- Amharic
- እና እየቀነሱ
- Yoruba
- ati dínkù
- Igbo
- na-ebelata
- Twi
- na retew
- Ewe
- eye le sue
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-SOR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR
- clause
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI
- sentence
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI ba-a-si-RI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh ni-re-U ra-SHEI heh-ha-RIM
In context — Genesis 8:5
and the waters were continuing and diminishing until the month the tenth in the tenth on the first of the month tops of the mountains were seen
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 8:5, so the Hebrew word וְחָס֔וֹר (vekhasor) 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.8.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.5.W4.S1) and character.