Genesis 18:23:5Gen.18.23.W5TAB
תִּסְפֶּ֔ה
tispe
“will you sweep away”
- Transliteration
- tis-PE
- Extended
- tihs-PEH
- IPA
- /tis.ˈpɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you sweep away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tis-PE
- phraseyour reading level
ha-AF tis-PE
- clause
ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
- sentence
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
Exegesis
The imperfect tisper {תִּסְפֶּה | tis-peh} expresses a future-oriented query “will You sweep away.”
In context — Genesis 18:23
And Abraham approached and said, “Will You truly blot out the righteous alongside the wicked?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:23, so the Hebrew word תִּסְפֶּ֔ה (tispe) 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.23.W5.S1) and character.