Genesis 19:24:2Gen.19.24.W2TAB
הִמְטִ֧יר
himetir
“caused to rain”
- Transliteration
- hi-me-TIR
- Extended
- hih-meh-TEER
- IPA
- /him.ˈtiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- caused to rain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-me-TIR
- phraseyour reading level
hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayəhōwāh {וַיְהוָה | wa-Yəhōwāh} “and the LORD” followed by the finite verb himṭîr {הִמְטִיר | him-ṭîr} “caused to rain,” forming a conjunction + subject + verb structure that foregrounds divine agency.
Root and etymology
m-t-rmem–tet–resh
“to rain, cause rain”
In context — Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD caused brimstone and fire to rain upon Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word הִמְטִ֧יר (himetir) 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.19.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W2.S1) and character.