Genesis 18:24:8Gen.18.24.W8TAB
תִּסְפֶּה֙
tispeh
“will you sweep away”
- Transliteration
- tis-PEH
- 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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Word in context
- word
tis-PEH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-AF tis-PEH
- clause
ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
- sentence
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
Exegesis
The verbs tispheh and ve-lo-tissa {תִּסְפֶּה | tis-peh; וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא | wə-lō-tiś-śāʾ} form a parallel contrast between total removal and merciful restraint.
In context — Genesis 18:24
Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place because of the fifty righteous who are in its midst?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:24, so the Hebrew word תִּסְפֶּה֙ (tispeh) 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.18.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W8.S1) and character.