Genesis 19:1:4Gen.19.1.W4TAB

סְדֹ֙מָה֙

sedoma

to Sodom

Transliteration
se-DO-ma
Extended
seh-DOH-mah
IPA
/sə.ˈðoː.maː/

Meaning by language

English
to Sodom

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Result
סְ + דֹ֙ + מָה֙
se + do + ma
sedoma

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-DO-ma

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma

  3. clause

    va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA

Exegesis

The locative-temporal phrase sedomah ba'erev {סְדֹמָה בָּעֶרֶב | sə-ḏō-māh bā-ʿe-reḇ} ‘to Sodom in the evening’ sets both place and time.

In contextGenesis 19:1

In the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was seated at the gate of Sodom; when he noticed them, he stood to greet them and bowed down, his face toward the ground.

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word סְדֹ֙מָה֙ (sedoma) 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.19.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W4.S1) and character.