Genesis 18:26:4Gen.18.26.W4TAB
בִסְדֹ֛ם
visdom
“in Sodom”
- Transliteration
- vis-DOM
- Extended
- vihs-DOHM
- IPA
- /vis.ˈðoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Sodom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
vis-DOM
- phraseyour reading level
im-em-TSA vis-DOM
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
Exegesis
The locative bisdom betokh ha-ir {בִסְדֹ֛ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר | bis-dōm bə-tôḵ hā-ʿîr} narrows the setting to “in Sodom, in the midst of the city.”
In context — Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, within the city itself, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:26, so the Hebrew word בִסְדֹ֛ם (visdom) 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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W4.S1) and character.