Genesis 19:24:3Gen.19.24.W3TAB
עַל־סְדֹ֛ם
alsedom
“upon Sodom”
- Transliteration
- al-se-DOM
- Extended
- ahl-seh-DOHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.sə.ˈdoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon Sodom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
al-se-DOM
- 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 coordinated prepositional phrases ʿal Səḏōm {עַל־סְדֹם | ʿal sə-ḏōm} and wə-ʿal ʿAmôrāh {וְעַל־עֲמֹרָה | wə-ʿal ʿă-mō-rāh} use repeated ʿal “upon” to target both cities equally.
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 19:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־סְדֹ֛ם (alsedom) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W3.S1) and character.