Genesis 19:17:14Gen.19.17.W14TAB
פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶֽה׃
pentissafe
“lest you be swept away”
- Transliteration
- pen-tis-sa-FE
- Extended
- pehn-tihs-sah-FEH
- IPA
- /pɛn.tis.saː.ˈfɛ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-tis-sa-FE
- clause
ha-ha-RA him-ma-LET pen-tis-sa-FE
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-ho-tsi-AM o-TAM ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha al-tab-BIT a-kha-RE-kha ve-al-ta-a-MOD be-khol-hak-ki-KAR ha-ha-RA him-ma-LET pen-tis-sa-FE
Exegesis
The final himmalet and pen tissafeh {פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה | pen tis-sā-feh} “lest you be swept away” use a feared-result construction. The English translations preserve the sequence of narrative formula, direct commands, and spatial contrast.
Root and etymology
samekh–pe–heh
“to sweep away, destroy”
In context — Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, as he brought them outside, he said, “Escape for your life ! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the plain . Escape to the mountain, lest you be destroyed.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:17, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶֽה׃ (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.19.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.17.W14.S1) and character.