שְׂרֵפָ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שְׂרֵפָ֖ה

   se-RE-fa

   a burning
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה

   va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa

   and they burned for him a burning
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃

   va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD

   and they burned for him a burning great unto very much or exceedingly
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃

   va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD

   and they buried him in his tombs which he dug out for himself or for him in the city of David and they laid him on the couch which he filled with spices and kinds or sorts mixed or compounded in a mixture or in a compound work of and they burned for him a burning great unto very much or exceedingly

Exegesis

Finally, the vav consecutive in vayisrefulo {וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־לוֹ | way-yis-rā-pû-lō} ‘and they burned for him’ leads to the intensified noun phrase serefah gedolah admeod {שְׂרֵפָה גְּדוֹלָה עַד־לִמְאוֹד | śerê-p̄āh ge-dō-lāh ʿad-lim-mō-ʾōḏ} ‘burning of great extent’, preserving the ceremonial magnitude.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 שׁ־ר־פshin–resh–pe

“burning”

• 🔊 שָּׂרַףsaraphto burnNumbers 21:6