Genesis 9:23:9Gen.9.23.W9PAT
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
akhoranit
“backward”
- Transliteration
- a-KHO-ra-NIT
- Extended
- ah-KHOH-rah-NIHT
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħoː.raˈnit/
Meaning by language
- English
- backward
- French
- à reculons
- Spanish
- hacia atrás
- Portuguese
- para trás
- German
- rückwärts
- Russian
- назад
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ
- Hindi
- पीछे की ओर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向后
- Korean
- 뒤로
- Indonesian
- mundur
- Bengali
- পিছনের দিকে
- Tagalog
- paatras
- Swahili
- nyuma
- Amharic
- ወደ ኋላ
- Yoruba
- sẹ́yìn
- Igbo
- azụ
- Twi
- akyi
- Ewe
- megbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHO-ra-NIT
- 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 9:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית (akhoranit) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W9.S1) and character.