Genesis 9:23:12Gen.9.23.W12PAT
עֶרְוַ֣ת
ehrvat
“nakedness of”
- Transliteration
- ehr-VAT
- Extended
- ehr-VAHT
- IPA
- /ʕɛrˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- nakedness of
- French
- nudité de
- Spanish
- desnudez de
- Portuguese
- nudez de
- German
- die Blöße
- Russian
- наготу
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَوْرَةَ
- Hindi
- नग्नता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 赤身
- Korean
- 벌거벗음
- Indonesian
- ketelanjangan
- Bengali
- নগ্নতা
- Tagalog
- kahubaran ng
- Swahili
- uchi wa
- Amharic
- እርቃን
- Yoruba
- ìhòòhò ti
- Igbo
- ịgba ọtọ nke
- Twi
- adagyaw
- Ewe
- amama si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ehr-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM
- clause
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U
In context — Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֣ת (ehrvat) 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.9.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W12.S1) and character.