עֻגַ֥ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֻגַ֥ת

   u-GAT

   a cake
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים

   u-GAT re-tsa-FIM

   a cake hot stones or coals
3. clause🔊 וַיַּבֵּ֕ט וְהִנֵּ֧ה מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים וְצַפַּ֣חַת מָ֑יִם

   va-yab-BET ve-hin-NE me-ra-a-sho-TAV u-GAT re-tsa-FIM ve-tsap-PA-khat MA-yim

   and he looked and behold at his head or at his pillow a cake hot stones or coals and a jar of water
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּבֵּ֕ט וְהִנֵּ֧ה מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים וְצַפַּ֣חַת מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

   va-yab-BET ve-hin-NE me-ra-a-sho-TAV u-GAT re-tsa-FIM ve-tsap-PA-khat MA-yim va-yo-KHAL va-YESH-te va-ya-SHAV va-yish-KAV

   and he looked and behold at his head or at his pillow a cake hot stones or coals and a jar of water and he ate and he drank and he returned and he lay down

Exegesis

The construct phrase ʿūgat rĕṣāp̄îm {עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים | ʿūgat rĕṣāp̄îm}, “cake of stones,” indicates baking method rendered “baked on hot stones.”

Root and etymology

ʿ-g-g🔊 ע־ג־גʿayin–gimel–gimel

“to circle, encompass”

• 🔊 עוּגָהugahround loafGenesis 18:6