Exodus 15:10:6Exod.15.10.W6TAB
כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת
kaoferet
“like lead”
- Transliteration
- ka-o-FE-ret
- Extended
- kah-oh-FEH-reht
- IPA
- /ka.ʕoː.ˈfɛ.rɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like lead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-o-FE-ret
- clause
tsa-la-LU ka-o-FE-ret be-MA-yim a-di-RIM
- sentence
na-SHAF-ta be-roo-kha-KHA ki-SA-mo YAM tsa-la-LU ka-o-FE-ret be-MA-yim a-di-RIM
Exegesis
Next, kissamo {כִּסָּמוֹ | kî-sā-mō} ‘it covered them’ uses a pronominal suffix to present the sea as agent, followed by the coordinated perfect tsallalu {צָֽלֲלוּ֙ | tsă-lă-lû} ‘they sank’ with the comparative kaoferet {כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת | ka-ʿô-phe-ret} ‘like lead’ intensifying the sudden descent.
In context — Exodus 15:10
You blew with your wind, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in mighty waters .
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 15:10, so the Hebrew word כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת (kaoferet) 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 Exod.15.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.10.W6.S1) and character.