Genesis 14:10:9Gen.14.10.W9TAB
וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁ֑מָּה
vayiplushama
“{And} they fell there”
- Transliteration
- va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
- Extended
- vah-yihp-loo-SHAA-mah
- IPA
- /waj.jip.luː.ˈʃam.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they fell there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
- 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
Vayippelushammah {וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁ֑מָּה | way-yip-pə-lû-šām-māh} ‘and they fell there’ logically follows into the same pits.
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 14:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 14:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁ֑מָּה (vayiplushama) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.10.W9.S1) and character.