Genesis 14:10:8Gen.14.10.W8TAB
וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה
vaamora
“and Gomorrah”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mo-RA
- Extended
- vah-ah-moh-RAA
- IPA
- /wa.ʕă.moː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Gomorrah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-mo-RA
- phraseyour reading level
me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA
- clause
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
- sentence
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma ve-ha-nish-a-REEM HE-ra na-SU
Exegesis
The narrative then uses a sequence of wayyiqtol verbs: vayanusu {וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ | way-yā-nu-sû} ‘and they fled’ applies to the compound subject melekh-sedom vaamorah {מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֥ם וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה | me-leḵ sə-ḏōm wa-ʿă-mō-rāh} ‘kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.’
In context — Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim had many pits of bitumen; when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell in there, and the rest fled to the hill country.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 14:10, so the Hebrew word וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (vaamora) 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.14.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.10.W8.S1) and character.