Genesis 13:10:10Gen.13.10.W10TAB
שַׁחֵ֣ת
shakhet
“destroyed”
- Transliteration
- sha-KHET
- Extended
- shah-KHEHT
- IPA
- /ʃa.ˈħeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-KHET
- phraseyour reading level
li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
- sentence
va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
Exegesis
The prepositional lifnei shachet YHWH {לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהוָה | lip̄-nê ša-ḥēt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD destroyed’ anchors the timing of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–chet–tav
“to spoil, destroy”
In context — Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan; it was lush throughout before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 13:10, so the Hebrew word שַׁחֵ֣ת (shakhet) 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.13.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.10.W10.S1) and character.