Genesis 18:16:6Gen.18.16.W6TAB
סְדֹ֑ם
sedom
“Sodom”
- Transliteration
- se-DOM
- Extended
- seh-DOHM
- IPA
- /sə.ˈðoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sodom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-DOM
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase al penei sedom {עַל־פְּנֵי סְדֹם | ʿal-pənê sədōm} ‘toward the face of Sodom’ centers on the city as their destination.
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word סְדֹ֑ם (sedom) 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.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W6.S1) and character.