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

Result
עֶרְ + וַ֣ת
ehr + vat
ehrvat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ehr-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.