Genesis 18:20:5Gen.18.20.W5TAB
וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה
vaamora
“and Gomorrah”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mo-RA
- Extended
- vah-ah-moh-RAA
- IPA
- /va.ʕă.moˈraː/
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
se-DOM va-a-mo-RA
- 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
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 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:20, 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.18.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.20.W5.S1) and character.