Genesis 18:20:3Gen.18.20.W3TAB
זַעֲקַ֛ת
zaakat
“outcry of”
- Transliteration
- za-a-KAT
- Extended
- zah-ah-KAHT
- IPA
- /za.ʕăˈqaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- outcry of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-a-KAT
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH za-a-KAT se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ki-ra-BA
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH za-a-KAT se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ki-ra-BA ve-kha-ta-TAM KI khav-DA me-OD
Exegesis
The first causal clause is marked by ki-rabbah {כִּי־רָבָּה | kî-rab-bāh} ‘because it is great’, qualifying the noun za‘akat {זַעֲקַת | za-ʿă-qāṯ} ‘outcry-of’, which stands in construct relation with the coordinated names Sodom and Gomorrah.
In context — Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, “Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their guilt is exceedingly weighty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:20, so the Hebrew word זַעֲקַ֛ת (zaakat) 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.18.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.20.W3.S1) and character.