Genesis 14:8:4Gen.14.8.W4TAB

עֲמֹרָ֗ה

amora

“Gomorrah”

Transliteration: a-mo-RA
Extended: ah-moh-RAA
IPA: /ʕă.moˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: Gomorrah

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Result

עֲ + מֹ + רָ֗ה

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a + mo + ra

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amora

Alphabet Analysis

	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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The word

Word in context

word
a-mo-RA
phraseyour reading level
u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA
clause
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar
sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM

Exegesis

Each subject is expressed as a nominal phrase “king of X”: melech Sedom {מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם | me-leḵ-sə-ḏōm}, umelech Amorah {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֗ה | û-me-leḵ ʿă-mō-rāh}, umelech Admah {וּמֶ֤לֶךְ אַדְמָה֙ | û-me-leḵ ʾaḏ-māh}, umelech Tsevoyim {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ צביים צְבוֹיִ֔ם | û-me-leḵ ṣə-ḇō-yim}, and umelech Bela {וּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע | û-me-leḵ be-laʿ}. The repeated conjunction waw (“and”) links these clauses paratactically, building a picture of several city-state rulers acting in concert.

In context — Genesis 14:8

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up for battle with them in the Valley of Siddim.

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:8, so the Hebrew word עֲמֹרָ֗ה (amora) 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.14.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.8.W4.S1) and character.

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