Genesis 19:15:14Gen.19.15.W14TAB
פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶ֖ה
pentissafe
“lest you be swept away”
- Transliteration
- pen-tis-sa-FE
- Extended
- pehn-tihs-sah-FEH
- IPA
- /pɛn.tis.saˈfɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest you be swept away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
pen-tis-sa-FE
- clause
KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA ve-et-she-TEI ve-no-TE-kha han-nim-tsa-OT pen-tis-sa-FE ba-a-VON ha-IR
- sentence
u-khe-MO hash-SHA-khar a-LA va-ya-I-tsu ham-mal-a-KHIM be-LOT le-MOR KUM KAKH et-ish-te-KHA ve-et-she-TEI ve-no-TE-kha han-nim-tsa-OT pen-tis-sa-FE ba-a-VON ha-IR
Exegesis
The warning clause pen-tis-sā-peh {פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה | pen-tis-sā-peh} uses the Niphal imperfect to signal a threatened passive result.
Root and etymology
samekh–pe–heh
“to sweep away, destroy”
In context — Genesis 19:15
As the dawn was rising, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:15, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶ֖ה (pentissafe) 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.19.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.15.W14.S1) and character.