Genesis 9:23:16Gen.9.23.W16PAT

וְעֶרְוַ֥ת

veervat

and nakedness of

Transliteration
ve-er-VAT
Extended
veh-ehr-VAHT
IPA
/wə.ʕɛrˈvat/

Meaning by language

English
and nakedness of
French
et nudité de
Spanish
y desnudez de
Portuguese
e nudez de
German
und die Blöße
Russian
и наготу
Arabic-Simplified
وَعَوْرَةَ
Hindi
और नग्नता
Chinese-Simplified
而赤身
Korean
그리고 벌거벗음
Indonesian
dan ketelanjangan
Bengali
আর নগ্নতা
Tagalog
at kahubaran ng
Swahili
na uchi wa
Amharic
እና እርቃን
Yoruba
ati ìhòòhò ti
Igbo
na ịgba ọtọ nke
Twi
na adagyaw
Ewe
kple amama si

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + עֶרְ + וַ֥ת
ve + er + vat
veervat

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    ve-er-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM

  3. clause

    u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U

  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 9:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word וְעֶרְוַ֥ת (veervat) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W16.S1) and character.